Terms such as “cutting-edge technology” and “fully automatic” often cause a captain’s ears to perk up. Whether it’s related to electronics or transmissions, or any system for that matter, anything that makes our lives just a little bit easier is definitely worth a second look.
Osmosis, according to Merriam-Webster, is the movement of a solvent through a semi-permeable membrane into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane. It was first observed in 1748 by Jean-Antoine Nollet. For the next 200 years, the naturally occurring phenomenon was observed