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Posted by tourdemars to Technology at March 14, 2004 12:54 AM
O•ZONELite has released a titanium dioxide-coated, energy efficient light bulb which cleans indoor air. When the O•ZONELite is illuminated, it produces what is called a photocatalytic action. This photocatalytic action actually breaks down indoor airborne microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and mold into nothing more than carbon dioxide and water, which are completely safe for humans and animals.TrackBack URL for this entry:
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O.K., I'm trying to figure out what this has to do with Mars. Heck, it's not even an article, it's a press release. Advertising? Spam?
Posted by: Fred Kiesche at March 14, 2004 03:43 AM
From time to time, we like to post articles about new technologies which may be tangentially related to Mars or may be applicable to future manned space exploration. Our news editor Dustin Green (AKA tourdemars) would probably argue that this falls into the latter category.
Posted by: James Burk at March 14, 2004 11:23 AM
Aha! Comprehension strikes like a wet noodle (or something).
Well, if you want to discuss smells in space, have you seen this:
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2004/03/02.html
I wish that guy had gone through some offices I worked in. I **hate** new rugs!
Posted by: Fred Kiesche at March 14, 2004 01:36 PM
It's not clear to me what is really the principle of this. TiO2 is placed inside the bulb, so there is no chemical explanation for the removal of smells and microorganisms. Is it UV-light that is produced and is doing the elimininations? That seems most likely to me. In general, I think the story is quite commercially, and not so solid that manned spacecraft can really build upon this.
Henk Boluijt
Posted by: Henk Boluijt at March 15, 2004 04:52 AM
Ok if indeed as the article sub section states that it kills though photocatalytic action; indoor airborne microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and mold. Then this is of great value in controlling the confined area of the ISS and of any other space faring unit. Helping to control contagion as well as possibly slowing the rate of organism mutations that could lead to killer microbes.
Posted by: Harold LaValley at March 15, 2004 05:00 AM