Anirudh Sharma: Ink made of air pollution
Anirudh Sharma: Légszennyezésből tinta
Inventor Anirudh Sharma is the founder of Graviky Labs, an MIT Media Labs spinoff. Full bio
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to five million people die
4-5 millió ember hal meg
20 minutes' worth of pollution
you can see it right now,
in the air, you won't see them.
and they end up in our bodies --
így benne maradnak –
ha nem kezelik idejében.
if not treated in the right time.
when I was a student in 2012,
2012-ben
of a diesel generator,
egy dízelgenerátor kipufogója látható,
a gyors ütemű iparosodás jele,
which is a sign of human progress,
mint társadalom
as a society in the last 100 years,
triangular, black-colored swatch,
feketés minta
residual particulate waste
a szennyezést és a tintát,
both pollution and inks,
that black-colored mark.
ink that we use conventionally
fossil fuels in factories.
elégetésével készítik.
tüzelőanyagokat égetnek
that are burning fossil fuels
használt fekete tinta.
on an everyday basis.
of liters of fossil fuels
and our exhaust out there,
hogy tintát csináljunk belőle?
hogy elvégezzek egy kis kísérletet.
and conducted a small experiment.
elég szennyezést a játékhoz,
much pollution to play with,
ami beszívta a kormot,
that would suck in that candle soot,
növényolajjal és vodkával,
vegetable oil and vodka,
these were really easily available.
a very rudimentary form of ink
tonert – kaptam,
of experimenting
nyomtatás szennyezéssel.
that I showed you in the petri dish,
már látott szennyezés,
that is being burned out there.
fosszilis tüzelőanyag terméke.
this experimentation forward
hogy folytatom a kísérletezést,
és újrahasznosításán dolgozzam.
of air pollution.
valahogy így festett.
used to look something like this.
zajlott fegyelmezetten,
were not always controlled,
looking something like this.
how exactly to reach there.
by that lab through that building
olykor azt gondolhatták:
"These guys are making bombs in there,"
wires and smoke in the same vicinity.
and take experiments forward.
and during the early stages,
autókáztunk Bengaluru utcáin.
with contraptions like these.
driving around doing?"
of our system that would capture pollution
kibocsátott szennyezést.
a conventional diesel-based car.
és megalkottuk ezt a verziót,
and created this into this version
from static sources of pollution,
az összes füst eltűnik.
as soon as you turn this machine on.
kibocsátott szennyezés
the performance of the engine,
95 percent worth of pollution
befolyásolása nélkül.
that we are talking about that we capture,
of operation of a generator.
and our research was advancing,
a kísérleteinkkel és kutatásainkkal,
egy nagy márka, és azt mondta,
approached us and said,
further with you guys,
szeretnénk továbbvinni,
in a very big celebrated form."
művészeti kampányt a tintából,
off this pollution."
40 to 50 minutes of that car pollution
újrahasznosításából készült,
amit az autónk bocsát ki,
that is in the petri dish.
amivel írni lehet.
that you can write with.
ugyanabból a szennyezésből.
that is generated by the same pollution.
to do a very big trial of this idea.
hogy nagyban teszteljük az ötletet.
nem tétováztunk.
and we didn't think twice.
in the real world is completely another.
megvalósítani egész más.
our own houses and own kitchens
for making these inks.
a világ minden szegletébe
to artists all around the world,
akik kipróbálnák az AIR-INK-et.
AIR-INKs to the ports
kikötőkbe viszi a tintát,
around the world can use it.
szerte a világban
started using AIR-INK,
pollution-made artworks
jelent meg a világon.
of scientists and engineers and inventors,
mérnök és feltaláló számára
mint hogy munkájuk gyümölcsét
than that the product of their work
művésze használja.
of the finest artists around the world.
magazine last year,
that we made back in our labs.
tintával nyomtak.
by the British artist, Christian Furr,
"Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones.
Rolling Stones számhoz festett.
and pop-culture artworks.
I mean, just money --
vagyis simán pénzt –,
és tintával képes lesz
processes and inks
the conventional black inks
már több ezer éve.
thousands of years around the world.
and artworks around the world,
és megjelentek a műalkotások,
találtuk szembe magunkat.
kind of a problem.
küldeni az irodacímünkre
to our office address,
kezdjünk ezzel a szennyezéssel?"
with this pollution?"
has pollution samples
from India, from China, you name it.
mindenhonnan.
this specific image, asking us
vannak tele,
filled with PM 2.5,
if we paid him some money.
tőle újrahasznosításra némi pénzért.
if we did not take that pollution?
or a landfill and dump it over there.
folyóba vagy lerakóba dobja.
of AIR-INK figured out on the other side,
az AIR-INK-gyártás gazdasági oldala,
this pollution and make inks from it,
nekünk, és tintát csinálunk belőle,
more valuable products.
is a global killer.
megoldja a szennyezés világproblémáját.
will solve the world's pollution problem.
slightly differently.
I'm holding right now.
AIR-INK I'm talking about.
készült, ami a Petri-csészében van,
that is inside this petri dish.
breathing in when we are walking outdoors.
amit kint sétálva belélegzünk.
to do better than this.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anirudh Sharma - Engineer, inventorInventor Anirudh Sharma is the founder of Graviky Labs, an MIT Media Labs spinoff.
Why you should listen
Anirudh Sharma's interest lies in deep-tech, science-based social entrepreneurship. He fuses cutting-edge sensor, wearable and man-machine interface technology. In 2010, Sharma invented a haptic shoe called "Lechal" to guide the blind. Lechal was the earliest wearable innovation designed for the visually challenged. During his tenure at Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab, Sharma worked on future fabrication and augmented reality with futuristic displays. After returning from MIT, he co-led the nonprofit consortium MIT Media Lab India Initiative with the goal of remodeling and perpetuating self-organized, design-led innovation into the grassroots in India.
Sharma also cofounded Graviky Labs to evolve his side project KAALINK, a retrofit technology which captures particulate carbon emissions from chimneys or diesel engines (without affecting the performance of the engine) before they enter the atmosphere. The captured pollutants are then recycled into inks, called AIR-INK. Forty-five minutes of automotive emissions is equivalent to produce 30 milliliters of black AIR-INK. The company has found its niche globally, replacing conventional black inks applied to arts, printing and fashion industry as a means to offset carbon. To date, Graviky has recycled roughly 250 kilograms of PM2.5 air pollution waste, which has produced 1,200 liters of AIR-INK. Sharma also loves folk, magic and indie artforms.
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