Indian Company's Pollution Control Device Looks To Ink A Cleaner Future

Kaalink is a simple, yet a clever device that can turn air pollution particles into ink, invented by Graviky Labs.

By Rajkamal

Updated: Saturday, February 25, 2017, 10:56 [IST]

Yes, an MIT Media Lab startup called Graviky Labs has come up with a simple, yet a clever device that can turn air pollution particles into ink.

Heard Of The Simple Device Turns Pollution Into Ink?

The device, called Kaalink, simply attaches to the tail pipe of a car and collects black carbon soot that the engine burns. Each Kaalink is reusable, according to the company and collects 85 – 95 percent soot from a vehicle exhaust.

The device does not stop carbon dioxide from going into the atmosphere, but focuses on carbon soot that contributes to dangerous form of pollution called PM 2.5.

Graviky Labs claim that manufacturing the Kaalink exhaust caps, harvesting the soot from them, purging heavy metals from that gunk, and creating an industrial-grade black ink product is carbon-neutral.

When the device is attached to a car's exhaust, 30ml of ink can be produced if the car has been running for around 45 minutes. Also, a Kaalink unit attached to an old Euro 3 car should become neutral after running for approximately 200 – 300km.