Air purifier that turns dirt into gems is coming soon

The world's largest air purifier is 7 meters tall and can turn smoke and dust into gemstones to be mounted on jewelry.

The shape of the Smog Free Tower air purifier. Photo: Roosegaarde.

According to research by scientists at the University of California at Berkeley, USA, smog kills about 4,000 people every day in China. The American Lung Association statistics that about 4 in 10 Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of ozone or smog.

Aiming to make the air clean and safe, Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde created a 7-meter-tall air purifier called the Smog Free Tower.

The tower-like device sucks in dust and smoke from the air from above like a vacuum cleaner, then releases clean air through vents on six sides. It can clean 30,000 cubic meters of air per hour while consuming just 1.4 kilowatts of clean energy.

Each tiny gem is equivalent to about 1,000 cubic meters of air. Photo: Roosegaarde.

According to Science Alert, Roosegaarde spent about three years developing the device, and is expected to unveil a prototype of the giant air purifier this week in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The air purifier is specially made for use in public parks.

"When the Smog Free Tower is charged with a positive current, an electrode releases positive ions into the air. These positive ions attach to small dust particles. A surfaceelectricity"The negative charge attracts positive ions along with dust and stores them inside the tower. This technology can filter out ultra-fine dust particles, which conventional filtration systems cannot do," said Roosegaarde.

The air purifier doesn’t just clean up smoke and dust, it also has the ability to produce jewelry. The carbon particles collected by the machine will be compressed together to form gemstones, which can be attached to jewelry such as rings. Each small gemstone is equivalent to about 1,000 m3 of air.

While the air purifier prototype is in Rotterdam, Roosegaarde is planning to deploy the machine in Beijing (China), Mexico City (Mexico), Paris (France) and Los Angeles (USA).

According to VNE