{"id":21232,"date":"2022-03-04T11:39:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T03:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/?p=21232"},"modified":"2023-02-18T22:09:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T14:09:49","slug":"how-smart-air-disrupted-air-purifier-industry-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/how-smart-air-disrupted-air-purifier-industry-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"How Smart Air Disrupted the Air Purifier Industry [Podcast]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast, Smart Air founder University of Chicago professor Thomas Talhelm shares the story of how Smart Air sparked a revolution in the air purifier industry. The revolution started when Thomas was in China for his Ph.D. thesis and realized it cost $1000 to buy an air purifier. Instead of buying one, he decided to make his own, attaching a HEPA filter to a fan for almost nothing. This simple filter was just as effective as the $1000 purifier.  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The revolution started when Thomas was in China for his Ph.D. thesis and realized it cost $1000 to buy an air purifier. 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