The tower that clears smog and helps to make jewellery

bbc.co.uk

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Here is the link to the project's kickstarter page;

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1777606920/the-smog-fre...

> The Smog Free Tower is not only a final solution, but a sensory experience of a clean future.

That's... interesting wording.

> The Smog Free Tower draws in dirty air from the sky and captures ultra-fine smog particles by using innovative, patented ion-technology. The Smog Free Tower uses little electricity and is safe.

Oh boy. There's basically no discussion of the actual tech they're using here, which isn't really confidence inspiring.

The artist says that it uses a proprietary ion filtration method. There was a time when art wasn't even copyrighted, now it is copyrighted, patented and uses trade secrets...

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