Concept LED Device Gives Air Quality Alerts
by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 01. 1.09
Photos via Yanko Design
A concept device by designer Yasuhiro Akama would be pretty handy to have while walking in cities. It uses different colors of LED lights to alert users to the quality of the air they're breathing.
The little clip-on gadgets would measure the quality of the air and light up either red for dirty air, white for "normal conditions," or green for clean air.
It's a little disturbing that "normal conditions" aren't considered clean air, but for urbanites, I guess that is indeed normal. For now, though, AIRNow's mashup will have to suffice.
Via Yanko Design
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This would be perfect on deployment to help keep a record of when I was in poor air quality and make sure I get everything the VA owes me after I return and have health problems.
That is too cool! I need one so I can know which days to exercise outdoors and which days to exercise indoors.
It'd also be interesting to see if certain homes have poorer INDOOR air quality based on what cleaning products they use, how many plants they have, if they open windows or use AC, etc.
If the Chinese government gave these away to people, it would change the dynamics that govern environmental policies.
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