This giant air filter is turning smog into jewelry. The filter is 23-feet tall and it improves the air quality of the surrounding area . It was built in the city of Rotterdam and was designed by Daan Roosegaard. It is made of steel and aluminum using a small positive electric current to send out ions that attach to dust particles and draw them back into the filter. This kind of filter catches the finer dust particles that standard filters cannot get. Once the filter has drawn in particles it compresses them down into cubes. These cubes can then be made into jewelry. The filter has a low energy consumption rate and little maintenance. Plans are currently being made to try the filter in Beijing and Mumbai which have lots of air pollution and smog. They are hoping to build these filter-towers all over the world.
This technology is truly revolutionary and it is needed in lots of cities to cut down on pollution. I bet this would be really helpful to smoggy cities in the U.S like New York. I hope to see more great creations like this in the future because we desperately need technology like this air filter. People all over the world will be able to breathe a lot easier with these things around. Really we have the technology we just have to use it.
This technology would help the environment in Rotterdam and the U.S should adopt this invention because it could potentially help with the continuous air pollution Americans face. This is a step in the right direction to preserve our wildlife.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I would have never thought that this could be invented. This is so very important because from what I've seen and heard is that our environment is finally starting to show signs of suffering from our mistreating of it. This could help the world, if only more people would pay attention to it and try to improve it.
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