Video: Chilenos inventan un dispositivo que transforma el aire en agua

 Un grupo de ingenieros y diseñadores de Chile ha creado un pequeño dispositivo que transforma el aire en agua, un invento que, según ellos, permitirá "democratizar el agua".

El dispositivo, llamado FreshWater, funciona con electricidad y produce agua por el principio de condensación: crea una nube, la enfría y provoca una minilluvia. Luego el agua se filtra y se purifica. Fue probado en el desierto de Atacama y en la localidad de Petorca, región de Valparaíso, donde produjo entre 9 y 28 litros al día respectivamente.

Los creadores de FreshWater desean reunir 500.000 dólares a través del sitio webIndiegogo antes del 14 de febrero para poder llevar estos sistemas a los primeros 1.000 hogares en Chile y el resto de Latinoamérica, donde más de 34 millones de personas carecen de acceso a agua limpia.

"Creemos que podemos cambiar este mundo si proporcionamos a todos los hogares ubicados en zonas aisladas la posibilidad de generar una cantidad ilimitada de agua de alta calidad para satisfacer sus necesidades de subsistencia, evitar la dependencia de las grandes cadenas logísticas de suministro continuo", dicen los inventores Héctor Pino, Alberto González y Carlos Blamey.

Los creadores de FreshWater mencionan que, entre otras, utilizaron tecnologías militares para hacer realidad su invento.
rt.com/ciencias
24/12/14
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A strong 7.8-magnitude aftershock and an earlier 6.4-magnitude rocked Chile’s northern coast today (April 3)

SANTIAGO — A strong 7.8-magnitude aftershock and an earlier 6.4-magnitude rocked Chile’s northern coast today (April 3) even as Chilean authorities assessed the damage from a massive earthquake that struck off the northern coast on Tuesday.There are no immediate reports of new damage or injuries from today’s aftershocks.

Tuesday’s 8.2 magnitude quake that shook northern Chile on Tuesday killed six people and triggered a tsunami with 2m waves.

As the ocean waves receded, over 900,000 people who had evacuated the country’s low-lying coastal areas returned to their homes, some to find their houses and livelihoods in ruins.More than 2,600 homes were damaged and fishing boats along the northern coast were smashed up. However, most infrastructure held up and mines in the world’s No. 1 copper producer were generally functioning normally.The arid, mineral-rich north is sparsely populated, with most of the population concentrated in the port towns of Iquique and Arica, near the Peruvian border.In Peru, the earthquake led to temporary power outages and evacuations in some southern towns, but did not cause serious damage or injuries.Chilean President Michelle Bachelet visited Iquique yesterday and praised people’s orderly response to the emergency.“We are here to recognise the calm behaviour of the people of Iquique who showed great civic responsibility, as did those of Arica. I think you have given us all a tremendous example,” she said.The government would put great effort into restoring services, she added.Finance Minister Alberto Arenas said the government would place “no limit on the use of resources to address this emergency.”Ms Bachelet, who was sworn in as president less than a month ago, is likely conscious of the stinging criticism she faced near the end of her first term in office in 2010, when the government was seen to have responded inadequately to a much bigger 8.8 quake and tsunami that killed over 500 people.

• DAMAGE LIMITED

It was too early to estimate financial losses, but they were expected to be much lower than the US$30 billion (S$38 million) from the 2010 quake, which affected the more densely populated central region, said earthquake expert Alexander Allmann at reinsurer Munich Re.“The quake has caused severe damage to some buildings in the affected region, but in general the building standards in Chile are comparatively high, allowing buildings and infrastructure to withstand such quakes reasonably well,” said Mr Allmann.“The small tsunami triggered by the quake is not expected to have caused significant damage.”Small fishing vessels in the ports appeared to be among the worst affected.“We struggled just to be able to get a bigger boat and now look at it,” a woman from Iquique’s fishing community, in tears, said in a video posted on Reuters.Several smaller aftershocks, some as big as 5.2 magnitude, continued yesterday and some ports in the area remained closed........http://www.todayonline.com/world/americas/chile-assesses-damage-after-massive-quake?singlepage=true
3/4/14
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• A strong 8.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off the northwestern coast of Chile... 

 

Σεισμός 6,8 Ρίχτερ στη Χιλή / M 6.5 - OFF COAST OF AISEN, CHILE - 2013-05-20 09:49:04 UTC

Σεισμική δόνηση 6,8 βαθμών σημειώθηκε στα ανοικτά της Χιλής σήμερα, όπως ανακοίνωσε το γεωλογικό ινστιτούτο των ΗΠΑ (USGS).
Ωστόσο, οι αρχές της χώρας ανέφεραν ότι δεν θεωρούν ότι υπάρχει κίνδυνος ο σεισμός να προκάλεσε τσουνάμι.
Ο σεισμός σημειώθηκε 400 μίλια (640 χλμ.) δυτικά του Πουέρτο Αϊσέν, σε βάθος 9,9 χλμ., σύμφωνα με το αμερικανικό ινστιτούτο. Ο σεισμός, κατά την ίδια πηγή, σημειώθηκε στις 05:49 ώρα Χιλής (12:43 ώρα Ελλάδας).


Η υπηρεσία αντιμετώπισης εκτάκτων καταστάσεων της Χιλής ανέφερε σε μήνυμά της μέσω Twitter ότι ο σεισμός δεν πληροί τις απαραίτητες προϋποθέσεις για να προκαλέσει τσουνάμι (σεισμικά κύματα). Σύμφωνα με την ίδια πηγή, ο σεισμός δεν έγινε αισθητός στη χώρα.
Το USGS ανέφερε πως ο σεισμός σημειώθηκε στην περιοχή της τεκτονικής πλάκας Νάσκα.  
.protothema.gr
20/5/13
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M 6.5 - OFF COAST OF AISEN, CHILE - 2013-05-20 09:49:04 UTC

Magnitude Mw 6.5 Region OFF COAST OF AISEN, CHILE Date time 2013-05-20 09:49:04.0 UTC Location 44.89 S ; 80.64 W Depth 10 km Distances 1532 km SW of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,837,295 / local time: 05:49:04.0 2013-05-20 677 km W of Coihaique, Chile / pop: 45,787 / local time: 05:49:04.0 2013-05-20

Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=318053
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Volcano alert on Chile-Argentina border

Low-level alert issued after Copahue Volcano began spewing ash, but officials say no need yet to evacuate people.
Southern Chile's Copahue Volcano has begun spewing plumes of ash skyward, prompting authorities there and in neighbouring Argentina to issue a low-level alert.
The 2,965-metre-high Copahue volcano, which straddles in Argentina's Neuquen province and Chile's Biobio region, began belching ash and gas early on Saturday, but officials said on Sunday it's still in an early eruption stage.

Hernan de Solminihac, Chile's mining minister, said the volcano's smoke plume led Argentine emergency officials to issue a yellow alert and constantly monitor its activity in case of a full eruption.
Authorities alerted residents in a small nearby community, Biobio, and were monitoring the activity closely.
Mayor Victor Lobos told the AFP news agency that locals were concerned but no lava or rocks have been expelled from the crater. "We need to stay calm," Lobos added.
Officials said there was no need yet to evacuate people near the volcano, which is part of the Andes mountain chain.
Flights expected to pass by the area around the volcano have been warned.
A volcano in southern Chile erupted last year, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and the evacuation of more than 600 people.
.aljazeera.com
23/12/12