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Welcome to Decrypted, Digital Trends' daily newsletter guiding you through the latest news in the world of tech, with insights from our senior writers. |
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By 2030, the Earth's population is expected to be around 9 billion, as humanity swells to flood every bit of dry land across the planet. The world will require 40% more fresh water than it has today, according to the 2030 Water Resources Group. And the amount of drinkable water that's going to be created for all these thirsty bodies? Exactly zero … unless we can leverage the vast, unseen resources that exist all around us.
"There are, what, 37 quadrillion gallons of water in the air around us today? There's an ocean of water up there that no one has really tapped into," John Galbraith, the CEO of Exaeris Water Innovations, told Digital Trends exclusively. "The atmospheric water supply is just enormous," agrees Mike Joyce, COO of the company.
Think about it: We constantly reference the humidity level, a number that spells out exactly how much of the air that we wade through is water. It's not the heat, it's the humidity that will kill you, the joke goes — but Exaeris thinks it's the humidity that can save us. |
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CES is just around the corner, and even though the show is virtual this year, we're still hearing the same passion and innovation from the inventors, engineers, and product managers behind the gadgets and gizmos we love so much. As always, Digital Trends will highlight for you the best of the best in our Top Tech of CES awards, where we shine a spotlight on the tech most worth your hard-earned cash.
But how accurate are our picks, really? Do we always nail it? Are the products we highlight really that great? Before CES 2021, let's take a look back at last year's winners and some of the gear we've highlighted from the last decade to see when we picked the marvels … and when we've missed the magic. |
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Tech aficionados know CES as the spot to drool over futuristic new gadgets that were scarcely imaginable even a few years ago. And hey, that's why we go! But CES isn't just an industry trade show, it's the industry trade show — the largest in the United States — a spectacle so gaudy, overpacked, and raucous that even Vegas denizens tremble in anticipation of its arrival. So when our staff of seasoned tech journalists heard it was going all-digital this year, we had mixed emotions.
Look, we won't miss sliding around in dive-bar-caliber bathrooms, resorting to stale concession-stand pretzels for nutrition, or enduring bleary-eyed 6 a.m. starts so we can wait in a cab line so long we can't see where it ends. But after a socially distant, upside-down year, we have to confess that we'll miss the human elements of the show that made it so fun after hours, from impromptu celebrity encounters to misadventures scaling casino fences (those spikes are sharp).
So, as we head into CES in pajama pants instead of khakis this year, we did some reminiscing about the moments that have made CES special: Not the biggest unveils, the craziest products, or the flashiest booths, but the behind-the-scenes moments that we all treasure … and sometimes cringe over. |
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