Two researchers from the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jongyoon Han and Junghyo Yoon, were announced as recipients of Mass Ventures' Fall 2022 Acorn Innovation Award. The team was awarded for their development of a portable desalination technology that is powered by solar batteries. The innovation is a 2021 J-WAFS Solutions Grant winner and has gone on to be developed into a company, NONA Technologies.