A team of researchers has designed a spacesuit that would collect urine and filter it into drinkable water – inspired by the "stillsuits" of the science fiction franchise "Dune." "I felt like it ...

Directly inspired by the work of Dune author Frank Herbert, scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University designed a spacesuit to overcome these challenges. They’ve already created ...

The idea of drinking your own urine might sound like a survival technique promoted by Bear Grylls. But it could soon become a reality for astronauts, thanks to a new Dune-inspired spacesuit.

inspired by Frank Herbert’s Dune, could make spacewalks longer and less disgusting by recycling expelled urine in a special filtration backpack. The traditional NASA spacesuit design has been in ...

Forward-looking: Dune's iconic stillsuits have served as the inspiration for a new prototype spacesuit that can convert astronauts' urine into drinkable water. Such a device would be a huge ...

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The blockbuster film, Dune, has inspired a new full-body spacesuit that can recycle its wearer’s urine, allowing them to walk for further during any future exploration. Even though it is true ...

In the not-too-distant future, astronauts could be drinking water harvested from their own urine, courtesy of a Dune-inspired system integrated into their spacesuit. If nothing else, it should ...

With that in mind, a group of researchers developed a prototype urine collection and filtration system for spacesuits inspired by the epic blockbuster movie Dune. One of the basic needs of ...

Astronauts on spacewalks have a messy problem: where to “go.” Frank Herbert’s “Dune” has come to the rescue.