Evaporation-Powered Engines and Generators (VIDEO)

Columbia University

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Eva, the first evaporation-powered car, rolls along, thanks to a moisture mill - a turbine engine driven by water evaporating from wet paper strips lining its walls. Eva is one of the many devices created to harness evaporation energy.

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Sahin Laboratory, Columbia University

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