{"id":23277,"date":"2022-08-09T01:57:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T17:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/?p=23277"},"modified":"2023-01-27T20:52:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T12:52:46","slug":"the-story-of-smart-air-and-creating-affordable-clean-air-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/the-story-of-smart-air-and-creating-affordable-clean-air-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Smart Air and Creating Affordable Clean Air [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smart Air founder and University of Chicago professor Thomas Talhelm shares the story of how Smart Air started and innovated the air purifier industry. The lecture is extremely informative about how you can breathe healthier and gives a unique perspective on the air purifier industry. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"How Much Should Clean Air Cost? Innovating Affordable DIY Purifiers - Thomas Talhelm\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_hcl37ND-XM8\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fhcl37ND-XM8%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hcl37ND-XM8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT39M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-05-04T17:19:23Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_hcl37ND-XM8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fhcl37ND-XM8%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">How Much Should Clean Air Cost? Innovating Affordable DIY Purifiers - Thomas Talhelm<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hcl37ND-XM8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fhcl37ND-XM8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"How Much Should Clean Air Cost? Innovating Affordable DIY Purifiers - Thomas Talhelm\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"At the UChicago Center in Delhi, Chicago Booth\u2019s Thomas Talhelm delivered a lecture on how air purifiers work and how his social enterprise Smart Air has been working to deliver affordable clean air in China. \u27a1 Subscribe: http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCHICAGOytSubscribe About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.\u00a0This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholars\u00a0to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCHICAGO-homepage News: http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCHICAGO-news Facebook: http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCHICAGO-FB Twitter: http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCHICAGO-TW Instagram: http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCHICAGO-IG University of Chicago on YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><br\/><span class=\"lyte_disclaimer\">Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/smartairfilters?sub_confirmation=1\">Smart Air on YouTube<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/images\/smartair_youtube.ico\" alt=\"Smart Air Youtube\"\/><\/span><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2a8bc91b\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">How Smart Air Started:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom started Smart Air after realizing a cheap fan and HEPA filter outperformed expensive fancy air purifier brands. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3a-DIY11-Air-Purifier-1-edited-e1674823070334.jpg\" alt=\"diy 1.1 air purifier\" class=\"wp-image-14955\" width=\"374\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3a-DIY11-Air-Purifier-1-edited-e1674823070334.jpg 560w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3a-DIY11-Air-Purifier-1-edited-e1674823070334-471x600.jpg 471w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3a-DIY11-Air-Purifier-1-edited-e1674823070334-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Smart Air Today: Same Principles, Modern Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since DIY 1.0, Smart Air has expanded with a line of incredibly effective, gimmick-free air purifiers. 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The lecture is extremely informative about how you can breathe healthier and gives a unique perspective on the air purifier industry. 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