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Inventor Claims to Make Water Out of Thin Air

By Kirk Nielsen

Miami New Times | February 15, 2005

In January, Air Water Corporation CEO Michael Zwebner announced the company would ship twenty Air Water machines to Sri Lanka for deployment in areas stricken by the recent tsunami. Critics say the machines require too much energy.

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Tags: lawsuits, a Massachusetts botanist, a.k.a. IrishJim44, and inventor, graphic designer, James Coughlin, James Reidy, salesman Bob De Costa

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