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Grad Student Rigs Cheap Alternative To $1,000 Air Purifiers In Smoggy China
An anonymous reader writes "University of Virginia grad student Thomas Talhelm was living in Beijing on a Fulbright Scholarship during the winter of 2012-13, when air pollution was so bad scientists likened it to a nuclear winter. Those who could afford it were resorting to an expensive solution: air filters costing up to $1,000. Talhem built his own on the cheap, getting comparable particulate count results, and has started a company that both markets the product to middle class Chinese and shows others how to DIY."
He got similar results to a $1000 product, and told everybody how to do it.
That is newsworthy.
I suspect there are a lot of people in places with a lot of air pollution who would really like to have this.
Kudos to this guy.
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Well, he went as far as confirming he was getting the same particle counts.
He's not saying "I just invented something revolutionary", he's just sticking it to the people selling over prices kit.
And in my book, that gets applause.
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How very un-American! He could have sold it for 800 bucks, and instead he hands it out for free!
He's been living in Commieland for too long!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
He managed to attach a square filter to a round duct; that's NASA-level ingenuity right there.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?