How dangerous the air we breathe

The air can be dangerous?

To get started is to figure out what is in the air we breathe. Its main component for us - it is the oxygen (21%). The main element - nitrogen (78%). The remaining share belongs argon, carbon dioxide where the air contains about 0.04% and other elements and compounds.

Violation of the composition of the air can cause problems for our bodies. The most common of them - is a high concentration of CO, CO₂ and air in the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOC).

It is because of the high content of carbon dioxide it becomes bad in a crowded room, and the VOC - the reason that our head begins to ache when inhaled paint odors or emissions.

VOC - are those chemical compounds which exist as gases separated from the solid and liquid substances, and is easily vaporized even at room temperature. Carbon monoxide, methane, vapor alcohols, formaldehyde, acetone, propane, dichloromethane - all around us is widespread in the form of harmful gases. A feature of many of them is that our body is able to detect them only on the sensations caused by these harmful substances and not by smell.

How to make the air cleaner?

VOC and high content of CO and CO₂ can not be avoided in a large densely populated city where cars go, but in the doorways of homes do repairs. But what if you inhale harmful air at home or at work all the time, even when you do not feel any smell? If you experience fatigue and malaise, cough, and often for no reason to complain about the state of health, it is likely that the problem is in the air you breathe. In this case, you need to act. Here's what you can do:

• ventilate the room. The simplest, but very effective way to get rid of the accumulated in CO₂ room. Especially recommended owners of gas cookers for cooking.
• Buy Air Purifier. These devices differ in the purification method and efficiency. One of the easiest options - air cleaning, working as a moisturizer.
• Buy indoor fern plant. A simple way to reduce the carbon dioxide content and VOC side.
• Back to household chemicals. Ironic, but sometimes we are polluting the air, trying to make the apartment cleaner. Those funds that are presented as environmentally friendly, often just as harmful as ordinary. Help avoid harm proven options: soda and laundry soap.
• Change the hood and check the ventilation. Ventilation systems require maintenance, and inside apartment hoods may be of poor quality.
• Make repairs. A radical way to get rid of toxic paints and hazardous materials that you used, making the last repair.
• Move or change jobs. If you live next to the CHP or the bustling highway, other air purification methods are unlikely to help. Radical measures.

The main thing in any situation - in time to identify the danger. With this help monitor air quality - special devices that respond to the VOC, CO and CO₂ around us. In the hands of Layfhakera got one of these devices - portable monitor Atmotube 2.0.

What is Atmotube 2.0?

Atmotube 2.0 - tubusoobrazny a small gadget that will fit in the palm of your hand. In case only one button and the LED is coated with titanium. At one end of the slot is disposed for charging and semicircle for fixing and on the other - a membrane for which the sensors are concealed.

Comes with charging USB Type-C and carabiner for attaching Atmotube 2.0 shut backpack or keychain.

This simple device works in conjunction with your smartphone via Bluetooth and continuously measures the level of contamination, temperature and humidity. Atmotube responds to the high content of carbon dioxide and the availability of a wide range of VOC, instantly alerting the owner if the air quality around the falls markedly.

Thus, the problem of air pollution will be forgotten - just enough to carry a gadget with a charge it every three or four days and respond to notifications on the screen, if necessary.

How it works?

Gadget of the box usually has a slightly discharged battery for a start we recommend to restore the charge completely. At this time, you can download and customize the application to work with Atmotube. Supports iOS and Android platforms. After installation, the application will offer you to calibrate the instrument, at this stage of training ends - Atmotube ready.

The simplest indicator of air quality is set in the Atmotube - is an LED that lights up one of the five colors at the push of a button. If the color is blue or green, all right, if a yellow, orange or red - the air is polluted.

The application displays more information: pollution index, calculated by the concentration in the air of CO and VOC, as well as their content in ppm. Index takes the values ​​1 to 100: more harmful than air, the smaller number. When the index falls below 40, Atmotube sends a notification. Also in the application, you can monitor the temperature and humidity.

After switching Atmotube checks the air at a frequency of once every 10 seconds, and after a while comes to power saving mode and measurements makes less. This approach is justified: Atmotube with battery 350 mAh runs longer than three days on one charge.

In Atmotube 2.0 do not have a memory chip, it is not recommended to break the bond, or take away from the smartphone gadget.

It certainly works?

On the role of the air quality monitor Atmotube copes perfectly. The device reacts quickly to the stuffiness or polluted air - even now, looking at the statistics, I can remember how he spent the last few days. On the first screenshot I see that around 9:10 went to the 20-minute jog in the fresh air, and then returned home and soon a little there "breathe" - the index fell a few notches.

The events of the previous evening I can recover in the second screenshot: Approximately at 18:40 I left well airy office, then 15 minutes of driving in the car, and then about two and a half hours sitting in a cafe. The café with good ventilation, but a lot of people, some of whom smoked hookah. Then there was a short walk - the mark of air quality turned blue again.

We are also exposed gadget extreme test: hold it over the container with a liquid to ignite the fire. Atmotube immediately sensed something was wrong, and in less than two minutes later sent notification about the air pollution in a smartphone.

The efficiency Gadget convinced not only us. First Atmotube believed more than two thousand users kraudfandingovoy Indiegogo site already finished product indicated at CES 2017 and then wrote about him a number of prestigious publications, including which CNN and TechCrunch.

To Atmotube 2.0 approach?

Air Quality Monitor will be helpful every resident of the city. Stale air in crowded places, exhaust fumes, tobacco smoke, chemical cleaners, fumes from building materials, paints and solvents - all that surrounds us every day. Completely get rid of the hazards will not work, but to do something we still in force. For example, to change the hood, make repairs, buy a houseplant or just to ventilate the room. We just need to know when to act, and not just for this you need a special monitor.

As a rule, air quality monitors - stationary devices with impressive dimensions that require a network connection. This solution is suitable for home use, but what about one-half day (at best) that we hold out?

Atmotube 2.0 - the perfect solution for those who want to monitor the air quality not only at home but also in the office, at the cottage or on the way to work. It is compact enough to carry it with you for a long time holding a charge and works with any modern smartphone.

The only caveat: if you know the precise metrics CO₂ content in the air, it is better to buy carbon monoxide detector. Atmotube 2.0 responds to the stuffiness caused by the large number of people, and catches increased concentration of CO₂, but accurate data in ppm does not.

Where can I buy?

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