Grad Student Rigs Cheap Alternative To $1,000 Air Purifiers In Smoggy China

[DEAD7]

"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."

 

[无名的]

The difference between America and China... a free society encouraging creative thinking that leads to innovation versus a one-party state encouraging rote memorization to keep a population in check that creates almost nothing and only competes by slave labor manufacturing and stealing IP.

 

[tmonster]

The difference between America and China... a free society encouraging creative thinking that leads to innovation versus a one-party state encouraging rote memorization to keep a population in check that creates almost nothing and only competes by slave labor manufacturing and stealing IP.

suck it up liberal pussies, breathing bad air never killed anyone, your lungs and nose have natural filters
smog is a small price to pay for having such a huge economy as China
shows you what you can do when you get rid of pesky government overreach and Freedom hating socialist tzars like the EPA

 

[FaTaL]

"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."

why hes doing this sh!t in china, he should be making cheap purifiers in america and he can make more money here and not deal with those communists

 

[DEAD7]

why hes doing this sh!t in china, he should be making cheap purifiers in america and he can make more money here and not deal with those communists

demand and cheap labor jump out at me.

 

[FaTaL]

demand and cheap labor jump out at me.

dont u think those companies that charge 1000 for a purifier aint getting shaked down by the chinese gov?

 

[Brown_Pride]

so basically his solution was this...

except the guy is a fan and the phone is an airfilter?

i expect more from a Fullbright scholar but then again sometimes the simplest solution is the hardest to see...