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Oct 2018 posted rn? F
This could actually be very useful!
It’s lies. Like climate change, a total myth.
Y’all buncha patty Baitches!
+big balls so why are they making coral that is immune to climate change?
+Stardust crusader. Sarcasm
+Sarah Lake what do you mean.
*What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? ₩*
Things are only things because we call them something. So if you wanna call laughter tears go for it
what you smokin sir?
Love these simple earth friendly innovations!
I am going to show this to my teacher for grades
Gurmannba 2k clap your teachers cheeks bro
Sumaru _ maybe he’ll get to clap them cheeks when his teacher realizes he’s a “genius”
Jeffrey Davis have you heard of a patent
I’m going to show the comment section to your teacher
+Cornish Corsair lol
These inventions are useful for life
Good idea
Now every cheap “enterpreneur” will use it to tattoo people
Entrepreneur*
How can it be used to create tattoos? If it’s used for tattoos, then there’s no meaning in recycling that and saving people from air pollution since tattoos directly involve with the body tissues and reach inner parts of the body
He sounds so nervous but he did really good! This could be world changing!
All lies. Like climate change. Spread fear.
This helps to put things into perspective
Great invention brother.. Very useful for our society
Brilliant. Simply brilliant
*Canon and InkJet have left the chat*
Lmao!!
This is really interesting! Something that is a ‘global killer’ has been taken and made into something that can be of use for so many people! Also, Mr. Sharma is a bit awkward, and I totally could relate… 😀
Believe me,I see RECYCLING COMPANY as the biggest business in the near FUTURE,it’s just many are still not aware,like we would be literally using the same material again.
Hi, did you guys figure out a more handy version of your pollution filter and collector for cars shown at 3:33? There is big market for a miniaturized version of this, as long as it doesn´t affect the engine power. Thats the crucial technology here.
I imagine that’s mostly a proof of concept, collecting particulate diesel fumes. The real-world application (to me) seems more likely to be power plants, stationary generators, etc. Though, a practical collector for cars would be great.
+Joe Williams India is one of the most polluted countries in the world, if not the most. The minimal amount of energy lost due to air resistance may, be worthwhile in the city/factory area of India, but is ultimately useless in other areas where pollutants are controlled by governments, for example: America, China, UK.
But, this is a great proof of concept that there are many unexplored areas for recycled/waste products.
It’s always pleasant to see smart people solving real problems
This is really innovative.
But there are some concerns with this technology. The technology used here is similar to particulate filter which basically removes the 2.5 micrometer particles.
The problem with such filters is that they generate back pressure,decrease efficiency of engine and end up creating more co2 emission.
If they can tackle this problem it would be great.
Check out the wiki page of air ink
he showed another prototype filter at 3:53 that was filtering a generator and he said it didn’t affect the performance, I’m not sure if that works on cars though coz he said the filter worked on static sources of pollution (I don’t know what that means but I assume its referring to stationary machines that give out pollution) so it pros doesn’t work on cars
edit: oh yeah you said that the filters end up creating more co2 which is a definite flaw coz it just gets rid of one problem for another
İn Istanbul they used to collect candle and oil smoke to produce ink until recently .. most famous one is the ink room in the suleymaniye mosque designed by Mimar Sinan