Meet Ankith Burki, the Indian-origin San Jose seventh-grader who used low-frequency sound to boost an atmospheric water generator’s output by 117% and reached a national STEM final
- Ankith BurkiPhoto: Society for ScienceFor Ankith Burki, the global water crisis was not an abstract classroom topic but a challenge worth trying to solve.
- The seventh-grader from BASIS Independent Silicon Valley in San Jose designed an atmospheric water generator that pulls moisture from humid air, then tested whether sound could make it more effective.
- His results were striking: low-frequency sine waves increased the device’s water collection by 117 percent.
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- Ankith BurkiPhoto: Society for ScienceFor Ankith Burki, the global water crisis was not an abstract classroom topic but a challenge worth trying to solve.
- The seventh-grader from BASIS Independent Silicon Valley in San Jose designed an atmospheric water generator that pulls moisture from humid air, then tested whether sound could make it more effective.
- His results were striking: low-frequency sine waves increased the device’s water collection by 117 percent.
Sources: Times of India