steampunk-style filtration system Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:34:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Artist Invents ‘Breathing Bike’ to Combat Air Pollution in Beijing https://www.greenoptimistic.com/beijing-air-pollution-breathing-bike-20130208/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/beijing-air-pollution-breathing-bike-20130208/#respond Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:25:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32889 Beijing’s air is so polluted that breathing it has been compared to smoking one cigarette pack a day. The situation has inspired local artist Matt Hope to invent his very own air filtration system attached to his bike rack. The steampunk-style filtration system was made from odds and ends of unwanted materials from an IKEA […]

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