On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 2:27 PM Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:

I ran across this weird little item perusing old issues of Popular Mechanics on Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=1tkDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA44&pg=RA1-PA44#v=onepage&q&f=false

Obviously it didn’t pan out , but I wonder if the basic design is valid? (We’ll ignore the ‘trailing cables to catch bombers', which would make for a briefly interesting Nantucket Sleigh Ride for the unfortunate defenders…)

I scrolled onward after reading the above article and came across moistened air filter screen which moved air across it with a fan to help cool/humidify a room. Walmart sells a plastic unit just like it for $19.88 plus tax.

Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident." Robert A. Heinlein

"I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as Muhammed." Alexis de Tocqueville

"We know a little about a lot of things; just enough to make us dangerous." Dean Winchester (fictional monster hunter portrayed by Jensen Ackles)

"It has been my experience that a gun doesn't care who pulls its trigger." Newton Knight (as portrayed by Matthew McConaughey), to a scoffing Confederate tax collector facing the weapons held by Knight's young children and wife.