This $749 device turns seawater into drinking water

If your city’s water supply gets shut off in a disaster, extra bottled water in your cupboard won’t last long. A startup founded by former SpaceX engineers proposes a different option today: a portable desalination device that can quickly purify almost any natural source of water nearby, including seawater. The $749 apparatus, called Access, is roughly the size of a large toolbox and is aimed at anyone who needs access to water off the grid, from campers and sailors to people who don’t...