Car pollution: Something to write about
Indian start-up invents device to turn car pollution into printing inkPablo Picasso once said “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls”.
Anirudh Sharma and Nikhil Kaushik of Graviky Labs in India may have taken this notion to new heights by creating a device which transforms ugly car pollution into beautiful printing ink.
The product known as Air-ink works by attaching a device to the tailpipe of a car which collects particulate matter. The soot then undergoes a purification process to turn it into a safe high-quality black ink.
According to Sharma, 45 minutes of exhaust filtering can make approximately 30 millilitres of ink. That’s 30 millilitres of ink you’d otherwise breathe in!
Hoping to appeal to environmentally minded artists and industrial groups, Sharma said: “Each stroke made with Air-Ink arrests particulate matter, which would have otherwise ended up in the lungs of common people. Scaling this is saving lives.”
Air-ink is offered in two forms: water-resistant felt-tip pen markers for calligraphy and bottled silkscreen ink.
The pen is currently under certification and the pair are trying to raise funds in order to refine the device. They also hope to radically expand the device beyond vehicles and potentially attach it to chimneys and smoke stacks.
Could this be the age of environmentally-conscious penmanship?
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