A student of IIT Kanpur has introduced a technique called smart plants, to purify the air surrounding us. Fresh air is an important necessity that we need to live efficiently.

What is air purifier?

An air purifier is a device which removes contaminants from the air to improve the air quality.

The invention of smart plants

• Sanjay Maurya, an IIT Kanpur alumnus, decided to find out a solution to purify the air. He reached out to his seniors at the institute. They conducted basic research in order to purify the air. They realised that air purifiers available in the market were very expensive.

How do smart plants work?

• The IIT alumnus derived a device that combines the air-purifying capability of plants with technology in order to amplify the output of purified air.
• The device uses a filtration technique through which the plant absorbs polluted air and pushes the air into the soil. The roots of the plants suppress the pollutants and release clean air. This procedure takes 20 minutes.
• UBreathe sells five different plants that purify the air and it is an alternative to expensive and artificial air purifiers on the market.

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