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Air purifiers can be effective in improving indoor air quality. There are different types available, and those that use UV light capture and destroy viruses and bacteria present in the air. However, the Environmental Protection Agency states that some UV air purifiers emit ozone gas. This can cause breathing difficulties, especially in people who have asthma. This article discusses what a UV air purifier is and whether it is effective in providing a cleaner home environment. It also explores some HEPA air purifiers that a person may consider purchasing. UV air purifiers are devices that use UV light technology to capture air and pass it through a filter. The air then goes through a small internal chamber where it becomes exposed to UV-C light. Some air purifiers then filter the air again before releasing it back into the room. However, UV air purifiers do not effectively remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the air. A 2021 systematic review suggests that UV air purifiers that...

PUREFLOW , a leader in breathable air filtration technology, has released a comprehensive step-by-step instructional video on its YouTube Channel for replacement of the HEPA cabin air filter in 2016-2022 Tesla Model S vehicles. Click Here to Read More Advertisement Tesla is the first and only car maker to introduce a true HEPA cabin filtration system. In the Model S, the HEPA cabin air filter functions as the "primary defense", or as Tesla refers to it "Bioweapon Defense", against outside airborne contaminants infiltrating the cabin. The OE replacement for Tesla's original cabin filter design is only sold as an expensive complete assembly, frustrating Tesla owners who only need a replacement filter. To address the problem PUREFLOW offers a HEPA cabin air filter that is designed as a direct replacement for the original Tesla filter at a fraction of the cost. The newly released PUREFLOW instructional video demons...

SAVE $280 : A refurbished Dyson Pure Cool Link TP02 is on sale for an all-time-low $219.99 at Walmart as of April 21. That's less than half its original cost — and a solid way to help the environment for Earth Week. There are plenty of ways to celebrate Earth Week, but buying refurbished tech is one of our favorites. Not only do you get to be a hero by extending the life of a gadget that would likely end up in a landfill otherwise, but you can also save a ton of money on fancy brands you normally wouldn't buy. It's a double whammy. Case in point: A refurbished Dyson Pure Cool Link TP02 is on sale for only $219.99 at Walmart as of April 21. That's less than half its MSRP ($499.99), which is practically unheard of in the Dyson world. Plus, it's great timing, considering its Earth Week. Just last week, we featured a deal on a brand-new Dyson TP02, but this refurbished deal will save you an extra 170 bucks. The Pure Cool Link TP02 is a powerhouse tower fan and air purif...

Walmart (Opens in a new window) has some Memorial Day discounts, plus free shipping, on select new and refurbished cordless Dyson vacuums and fans. Dyson deals are rare; we typically only see them closer to major holidays. But now's your chance; with Father's Day and graduations coming up, this might be a good opportunity to snag a stylish cordless vacuum to keep your car or home clean, or a sleek-looking air purifier for the warm spring and summer months. Buying Dyson refurbished products is a great way to save money on rarely discounted products. Those that are "Sold and shipped by Dyson, Inc" include a six-month Dyson official warranty to give you peace of mind.  Dyson V8 Fluffy Cordless Vacuum This Dyson cordless vacuum is a steal at just $299.99, a price we'd normally see for the refurbished version. The Dyson V8 Fluffy features a soft roller cleaner head so that it's tough on dirt while still gentle on floors. You can also shift this vacu...

We include products we think are useful for our readers. If you buy through links on this page, we may earn a small commission. Here's our process. Air purifiers remove particles and pollutants from the air. These airborne pollutants can include dust, pollen, mold, and bacteria. Holmes is an air purifier manufacturer that sells desktop, console, and tower models. Please note that the writer of this article has not tried these products. All information presented is purely research-based. Holmes has been operating since 1982. They sell air purifiers, humidifiers, filters, and fans. Their headquarters are located in Massachusetts. Since 2005, Sunbeam Products has owned the Holmes brand. Although Holmes has a Trustpilot page, they do not have any customer reviews or ratings. They also do not have a page with the Better Business Bureau. Many of the Holmes air purifier products are highly rated on Amazon. Positive reviews frequently mention good quality products. Negative reviews mention...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Best Air Filter Buying Guide    Consumer Reports

Proper ventilation in indoor living spaces helps prevent all sorts of illnesses and reduces the transmission of viruses. This is common knowledge, not rocket science. The fresher and cleaner the air we breathe the better for our health.  The use of portable air purifiers at home and in the office, as well as the novel wearable air purifiers that we can carry along with us, can reduce airborne viruses and germs in the living and working space.  Wearable air purifiers can help clean the air in your personal space --this is about one square meter around us, or the area around you when you extend your both arms-- in other indoor and crowded spaces such as elevators, airports, airplanes, and public transport among others.  Coronavirus particles fall within the particle-size range that HEPA filters capture. HEPA filters are those filters found in some air purifiers which capture particles of 0.01 micron and larger. A portable air cleaner --also called an air purifi...

It's a commonly used acronym, and a typical way to purify indoor air, but what exactly is a HEPA filter? HEPA stands for high efficiency particulate air, and it's a way of categorizing the quality of air filters built to remove dust, pollen, pet dander, mold, bacteria, and other airborne particles from indoor air. A filter of HEPA quality used within heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems can greatly improve the quality of indoor air by filtering small particles of greatest health concern. Air filters work by trapping pollutants in the fibers of their paper-like material. A HEPA grade filter can, theoretically, trap particles as small as 0.3 microns (for reference a human hair may be between 17 and 180 microns in width.) That means that when placed in a filtration system, HEPA filters can remove 99.97 percent of particles from the air. Though HEPA filters are a highly effective way to clean the air, there are other types of filters, including electrostatic fi...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Honeywell Says AC-Filter Coating Kills 97% of Virus    Bloomberg

Abstract Sixth-generation wireless networks will aggregate higher-than-ever mobile traffic into ultra-high capacity backhaul links, which could be deployed on the largely untapped spectrum above 100 GHz. Current regulations however prevent the allocation of large contiguous bands for communications at these frequencies, since several narrow bands are reserved to protect passive sensing services. These include radio astronomy and Earth exploration satellites using sensors that suffer from harmful interference from active transmitters. Here we show that active and passive spectrum sharing above 100 GHz is feasible by introducing and experimentally evaluating a real-time, dual-band backhaul prototype that tracks the presence of passive users (in this case the NASA satellite Aura) and avoids interference by automatically switching bands (123.5–140 GHz and 210–225 GHz). Our system enables wide-band transmissions in the above-100-GHz spectrum, while avoiding harmful interference to satellite...