Researchers Produce High-Quality Ink from Air Pollution
The pollution coming out of your tailpipe could be recycled into high-quality ink according to a group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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The pollution coming out of your tailpipe could be recycled into high-quality ink according to a group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Their “KAALINK” device hooks onto the vehicle’s tailpipe and captures some of the air pollution produced by the combustion engine. This “soot” is then recycled into high-quality ink.
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According to the developers of the KAALINK technology, about 45 minutes of driving will produce 30 milliliters (ml) of ink. A typical ballpoint pen holds about 0.25 milliliters of ink – meaning that one vehicle can produce almost 3 pens worth of ink per minute.
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