The latest technology invention in

environmental pollution is a tower that

cleans outdoor air.

The Tower is a seven-metre (23 feet)

high structure that removes ultra-fine
particles from the air using a patented
ion-technology developed by scientists
at Delft University of Technology.

According to the World Health

Organization, air pollution causes the
greatest environmental threat to our
health.

Air pollution causes respiratory and

cardiovascular disease and accounts
for over 7 million premature deaths
every year - and that death toll is rising
at an alarming rate.

los angeles pollution

In California, where residents suffer

from the worst health impacts of dirty
air in the United States, air pollution
causes premature death for 53,000
residents every year.

In London, England, dirty air accounts

for one out of every twelve deaths.

In Delhi, India, the average life

expectancy is shortened by 6.3 years
due to air pollution.image of london
pollution

China has the worst air in the world.

Beijing recently recorded pollution
levels that were 17 times greater than
the acceptable levels recommended by
the World Health Organization.

Air pollution causes 1.6 million deaths

every year in China - approximately
17% of all deaths.

For most countries, the deadliest form

of air pollution is a fine particle known
as "PM 2.5" (particulate matter 2.5). It
is so named because it is a fine particle
that is only 2.5 micrometers in
diameter. Unlike larger air-borne
particles that settle to the ground, PM
2.5 particles can float in the air for
weeks.

When you breath these particles into

your lungs , they penetrate your lung
tissue and get absorbed unfiltered into
your blood stream - causing damage to
your body.

image of beijing pollution

The problem with current air pollution

control systems is that they reduce but
do not eliminate pollution.

Dutch innovator Daan Roosegaarde , in

collaboration with ENS Technology and
the Delft University of Technology,
developed large scalable towers that
remove pollution emitted into the air.

This technology was originally

developed to remove MRSA bacteria (a
type of bacteria resistant to antibiotics)
from dust particles. The bacteria would
spread from human to human by
traveling in the air on dust. The air
ionizer prevented the bacteria from
spreading in this way.
Roosegaarde's Tower cleans 30,000
cubic meters of air per hour without
using ozone and uses about 1,400 Watts
of electricity - less than a desk-top air
purifier.

Air from the area surrounding the

Tower is drawn into the structure. All
airborne particles receive an electric
charge.

The charged particles are captured and

accumulate on large collector plates
that have an opposite electric charge.

The clean air is then blown from the

Tower back into the environment.
image smog free tower"Basically, it's
like when you have a plastic balloon,
and you polish it with your hand, it
becomes static, electrically charged,
and it attracts your hair," explains
Roosegaarde.

The invention won the German Design

Award for Excellent Product Design
awarded by the German Ministry for
Economics and Technology.

The Tower is currently being tested in

Beijing by the Chinese Ministry of
Environmental Protection.
We're working now on the
calculation: how many towers do we
actually need to place in a city like
Beijing. It shouldn't be thousands of
towers, it should be hundreds. We can
make larger versions as well, the size
of buildings, says Roosegaarde.

Sources: dx.doi.org;
studioroosegaarde.net; who.int;
bbc.com/future; creativecommons.org

Cloud Computing

image of a light bulb in a cloud

Analysts predict that the latest
technology inventions in cloud
computing will significantly influence
how we use our computers and mobile
devices.

Cloud computing is where tasks and

file storage on your computer are
performed and stored elsewhere.

By using an internet connection you

can connect to a service that has the
architecture, infrastructure and
software to manage any task or storage
requirement at less cost.
The advantages of cloud computing is
that it eliminates the difficulty and
expense of maintaining, upgrading and
scaling your own computer hardware
and software while increasing
efficiency, speed and resources.

Your computer's processing speed,

memory capacity, software
applications and maintenance
requirements are minimized.

You could store and access any size or

type of file, play games, use or develop
applications, render videos, word
process, make scientific calculations,
or anything you want, by simply using
a smart phone.

As a comparison, let's say you had to

generate your own electricity. You
would need to maintain, upgrade and
scale these resources as required to
meet your demands. This would be
expensive and time consuming.

Cloud computing could be compared to

how a utility provides electricity. It has
the architecture, infrastructure,
applications, expertise and resources
to generate this service for you. You
just connect to their grid.

Microsoft, IBM and Google are some of

the companies that are investing
heavily into the research and
development of cloud technology. Read
more...Cloud Computing

Source: computer.org

3D Printed Car

image of Strati 3d printer carThe latest

technology inventions in 3d printing
are rapidly changing how things are
being made.
It's an emerging technology that is an
alternative to the traditional tooling
and machining processes used in
manufacturing.

At the International Manufacturing

Technology Show in Chicago, a little
known Arizona-based car maker
created a media sensation by
manufacturing a car at the show.

It was a full scale, fully functional car

that was 3d printed in 44 hours and
assembled in 2 days. The video below
shows the car being made.
The car is called a "Strati", Italian for
layers, so named by it's automotive
designer Michele Ano because the
entire structure of the car is made
from layers of acrylonitrile butadiene
styrene (A.B.S.) with reinforced carbon
fiber into a single unit.

The average car has more than 20,000

parts but this latest technology reduces
the number of parts to 40 including all
the mechanical components.

The goal here is to get the number of

parts down, and to drop the tooling
costs to almost zero. said John B.
Rogers Jr., chief executive of Local
Motors, a Princeton and Harvard-
educated U.S. Marine.

Cars are ridiculously complex, he

added, referring to the thousands of
bits and pieces that are sourced,
assembled and connected to make a
vehicle.

"It's potentially a huge deal," said Jay

Baron, president of the Center for
Automotive Research, noting that the
material science and technology used
by Local Motors is derived from their
partnership with the U.S. Department
of Energys Manufacturing
Demonstration Facility at the Oak
Ridge National Laboratory in Oak
Ridge,Tennessee.

This technology can use a variety of

metal, plastic or composite materials to
manufacture anything in intricate
detail.

People tend to want what they want,

when they want it, where they want it,
and how they want it, which makes
this technology disruptive in the same
way digital technologies used by
companies like Amazon and Apple
disrupted newspaper, book and music
publishers.

Imagine if you could customize and

personalize your new car online and
pick it up or have it delivered to you
the next day at a fraction of the cost of
buying one from a dealership?

What if you could make a fender for a

Porsche, or a tail light for a Honda, for
a fraction of the cost of buying from a
parts supplier? How revolutionary
would that be for the automotive
industry?

It's already happening.

Jay Leno, the former Tonight Show

Host and avid car enthusiast is famous
for his collection of vintage
automobiles.

Related: See: "Jay Leno Restores 100-

Year-Old Electric Car"

One of the challenges with collecting

antique cars is replacing parts. You
can't buy them because they're
obsolete and having a machinist tool
the part doesn't always work and often
requires costly modifications until the
part fits.

So Leno uses 3d printing technology to

make parts for his cars. "These
incredible devices allow you to make
the form you need to create almost any
part", says Leno.

John B. Rogers Jr. believes that in the

near future a car will be made in just
60 minutes.

The company is already organizing a

worldwide network of "Microfactories"
where you can order and pickup your
personalized, customized car.

Sources: localmotors.com;
popularmechanics.com

Vein Identification

image of hand scanThis latest

technology invention is a biometric
identification and security device
known as PalmSecure.

It works by identifying the vein pattern

in the palms of our hands.

Similar to our fingerprints, vein

patterns are unique to each individual.
The purported advantages of this
technology is that it is less expensive,
easier to manage, and is more reliable
than traditional methods of
identification.

Source: fujitsu.com

World's Fastest Motor

image of a high speed drill

A new motor developed by researchers

at ETH Zurich's Department of Power
Electronics and marketed by the Swiss
company, Celeroton, can spin in excess
of 1 million revolutions per minute.

As a comparison, collapsed stars spin at

60,000 rpms, a blender at about 30,000
and high performance engines at
around 10,000 rpms.

The matchbook-sized motor has a

titatnium shell, ultra-thin wiring and a
trade secret iron formulated cylinder.
The need for smaller electronic devices
requires smaller holes, which means
smaller, faster, more efficient drills.

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