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Before you dismiss this as weird tech gone too far, here are a few undeniable truths. We’re living in a time where air pollution kills more people each year than smoking… and people are increasingly adopting the use of pollution masks to combat bad air quality as well as restrict the spread of diseases and pathogens.
Debuted at CES2020, the Atmōs face-mask from Aō Air is a wearable that provides 50x better air quality than even the best pollution masks. Rather than just being a HEPA filter that sits loosely in front of your nose and mouth, the Atmōs is a miniature air purifier, with multiple stages of air filtration powered by fans within the device that adapt to your breathing to provide as many as 240 liters of clean air per minute. In short, the faster you breathe, the faster the Atmōs delivers clean air to you. The D’fend air purifying system even targets nanoparticles, trapping dust, pollen, or even very fine ash, giving you air that’s 50 times purer than what you’d get with a cloth mask.
The Atmōs sits lightly on your face, providing clean air without the need to create an air-tight seal around your face. It does so by using a proprietary technology called PositivAir that guides pure air directly to your nose and mouth, while channeling the air you exhale out of the mask. This free-flowing air delivery allows you to breathe easily without fogging up your glasses or the device itself.
The device is aimed at anyone who wants clean air on the go, best suited for medical professionals, first responders, or firefighters, who often need to wear masks to breathe clean air or to keep one’s environment sanitized. The device’s design lets it easily fit on any face (without even spoiling your hair, might I add), thanks to adjustable nose and head pads. The clear window on the front even keeps your face from being hidden, allowing you to easily communicate with expressions, or even POSSIBLY face-unlock your phone while keeping your mask worn at all times!
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"This is the first time I have seen such a dramatic drop-off over such a wide area for a specific event," said NASA air quality researcher Fei Liu. She made that statement after NASA's Earth Observatory released maps showing a dramatic drop in air po...
Last year the Trump Administration sought to roll back the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan that pushed for higher fuel efficiency standards. It has also tried to stop states from like California from setting their own standards that exceed th...
If you use public transportation, you know just how gross the air can be. Commuters are constantly coughing and sneezing, which releases thousands of germs into the air. Taking a flight can be even worse, thanks to the recycled air. And that's not to...
Volkswagen's "dieselgate" woes continue as Canada has accused the automaker of importing 128,000 vehicles that contravene its environmental laws, according to Reuters. The nation charged VW with 60 counts of violating the Canadian Environmental Prote...
You don't have to check a website to find out whether or not New York City's water is healthy -- for the next few months, you just have to take a look at some art in the water itself. Playlab, Family New York and Floating Point have debuted a float...
Daimler is already in hot water for its alleged diesel emissions cheating, but it's about to get worse. Bild am Sonntag has learned that German regulators have discovered evidence of cheating software in roughly 60,000 GLK 220 CDI models made betwe...
There's no better symbol of plastic ocean pollution and '80s consumerism gone wild than the Garfield phones of Brittany. The handsets, in the form of the aggressively unfunny cat, have been washing up on French beaches for decades. However, the novel...
Porsche wants production for the Taycan to be as ecologically responsible as the electric car itself. The automaker has revealed that the Taycan factory under construction at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen will use nitrogen oxide-absorbing facades on some pa...
The "giant pool noodle" dispatched into the Pacific Ocean last September to catch and clean up thousands of tonnes of floating plastic has run into trouble. Invented by Boyan Slat when he was 17, the 2,000-foot-long U-shaped floating barrier was desi...