Device Rids Buses of Dangerous Pathogens
The best place to enjoy a breath of fresh air may be a city bus, if Rice Univ. students have their way. A team of graduating seniors has created a system for public transit that would continually clear the air of pathogens that can lead to tuberculosis (TB), flu and pneumonia.
The CityBusters – Joseph Spinella, Jerry Lue, Sundeep Mandava, Grace Ching and Shidong Chen, all seniors – have installed a $500 device on a METRO bus in Houston that has proven effective at killing 99.8 percent of the pathogens that circulate through the air-filtering system. The device, called FluProof, incorporates high-powered ultraviolet lamps that sterilize the air on the fly.
Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Device-Rids-Busses-of-Dangerous-Pathogens-043012.aspx
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Woo whoo no flue
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Depends, what is the mechanism for UV resistance? if something has selected for UV resistance, are any of the other...
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MRSA, VRSA, etc.. what can go wrong?
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Good idea but you’re just positively selecting bacteria with resistance to high levels of UV radiation. Of course it’s...
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As someone who uses mass transit, and being a bit of a germaphobe, I am really excited about this. And I like the idea...
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This is so awesome, I’d love to see this put on airplanes as well!
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