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- Air purifying curtains clean indoor airFurniture giant Ikea developed curtains treated with a special technology that clean indoor air by breaking down pollutants when they come into contact with…
- Cleaning the air with a soy protein air filterAir pollution is getting worse, especially in large cities. While one can turn this pollution in tools for art, as this company does, using…
- Transparent nanofibre air filter cleans air and offers UV protectionThe air quality inside houses often leaves much to be desired, especially if the outside air is polluted as well. In an attempt to…
- Tableware glazed with Rotterdam’s dirty airWorried about the air quality in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Dutch designers Annemarie Piscaer and Iris de Kievith developed a method to turn air pollution…
- Building with airLightweight materials are an important class of construction materials, as can be seen here and as we often hear from manufacturers and designers. Increasingly, lightweights…
- ActiveAir: cleaning the air one step at the timeA group of designers from Makerversity, a community of designers and entrepreneurs based in London, developed ActiveAir, a pair of shoes that filter the air…
- Molekule: First Molecular Air Purifier Could Mean Better Indoor HealthMolekule, a science and clean technology company based in San Francisco, has introduced the world's first molecular air purifier. Their innovation brings a new…
- Improving air quality by recycling rice strawSwedish furniture giant IKEA aims to improve the air quality in various regions, starting in India, by turning rice straw, traditionally burned, into a…
- New device can clean polluted air and generate powerThe air gets more and more polluted, and the amount of fossil fuels we burn to generate power only makes it worse. So what…
- The Breath cleans the air using no electricity thanks to nanomoleculesThe air quality in most parts of the world is in rapid decline, so much so even, that in some areas, it is not…
- Air-Ink: writing with pollutionThroughout history, soot has been an important ingredient in ink, to make it black. Following this tradition, the company Graviky has developed an ink…
- Source: solar panels that extract water from the airAccess to clean drinking water seems to be a privilege rather than a right. Deserts are expanding and draughts are happening because of climate…
- A car rooftop module that cleans the airVisualised by a designer team consisting of mechanical engineer Max Quast and product designer Francisco Lara, Reverso is a module-based product that cleans the…
- Clothing printed with air pollutionFor their latest clothing collection, streetwear company Pangaia teamed up with Graviky Labs, a spin-off company of MIT that makes ink from air pollution,…
- A scarf with built-in air filter to protect against pollution and fluThe Bioscarf is a new scarf made out of post-consumer recycled PET bottles and a built-in air filter. The consequences of air pollution are…
- Never again a flat tire with air-free bicycle tiresCycling is a great way of transportation, but the design of a bicycle has one major flaw: inflated tires. While they absorb bumps in…
- New MOF produces water from the air for Water Quality MonthToday marks the beginning of Water Quality Month, which focuses on, as the name implies, the quality of water. In many regions around the…
- Air Max 1000: A 3D Printed Step into the Future of FootwearNike has launched the Air Max 1000, a new version of its 1987 Air Max 1. The model is made in collaboration with Zellerfeld,…
- A bicycle wheel that filters outdoor air pollutionCalled Rolloe, this bicycle wheel uses the riders motion to filter outdoor pollution, cleaning the air as they cycle. The bicycle wheel uses motion…
- Capturing water from the air inspired by natureThe Dutch start-up Sponsh, a spin-off company of Eindhoven University of Technology, developed a temperature-sensitive smart textile that absorbs water from the air at…
- A tower to collect potable water from the airNon-profit Warka Water designed a vertical structure made of simple materials like polyester mesh and bamboo to collect and harvest potable water from the…
- RepAir: Cleaning the air with a T-shirtItalian start-up Kloters developed a unisex T-shirt called RepAir, made from organic cotton, containing an insert made of air-cleaning fabric. Indoors or outdoors, we…
- New skyscraper will clean the air at the rate of 500 treesTrees and plants clean the air, but what if façades could? 570 Broome, a new condominium building in New York City designed by Builtd,…
- Terracotta cones and water make for low-tech air-conditioningWith more and more places experiencing long periods of heat, findings ways to keep buildings cool is becoming increasingly important. Electric air-conditioning can be…
