AirBaby™: Innovative Protection for Infants from Indoor Air Pollution

AirBaby(TM)是一种创新的、具有成本效益的产品，为婴儿在当地环境中提供清洁、安全的空气。该设备保护最脆弱的社会成员，在他们大部分时间呆在室内的地方。全球每年约有50万婴儿死于空气污染。污染物引起的炎症会刺激发育中的小呼吸道的内壁。室内污染物包括颗粒物(PM)--悬浮在空气中的微小固体和液体碎片--以及有毒气体，包括二氧化氮(NO2)和二氧化硫(SO2)。在PM、NO2和SO2水平较高的情况下，婴儿死亡率分别增加4%、7%和19%。空气婴儿采用空气处理单元(APU)，其中包含一个高级过滤器，该过滤器由两个元件组成：一个是用于去除颗粒物的高级高效空气过滤器；另一个是用于中和空气中NO2和SO2的活性碳过滤器。因此，AirBaby将从婴儿所在的地方清除最已知的有害污染物，同时提供针对空气传播病毒的保护，包括新冠肺炎和普通流感。AirBaby的设计直观、性价比高且易于使用。直观的手机应用程序将可以远程控制AirBaby，提供警报并收集当地空气质量的数据。如果用户允许，这些数据将允许建立独特的本地、国家和国际空气质量地图。该项目还将包括以人为中心的设计工作包，以确保拟议产品的特征和属性与目标市场完全一致。这个项目的目的是让AirBaby变得直观、负担得起、环保，高效空气过滤器可以清洗和重复使用。这个项目将建立在团队之前所做的低性能个人空气净化器原型Air2(空气平方)的工作基础上。这个项目的输出将为拟议的第二阶段：在商业发布之前开发和现实世界测试AirBaby提供可信和低风险的投入。

AirBaby(TM) is an innovative, cost-effective product that provides infants with clean, safe air in their local environment. The device protects the most vulnerable members of society in the location where they spend most of their time -- indoors.Air pollution kills approximately 500,000 babies per year globally. Inflammation caused by pollutants irritates the linings of small, developing airways. This can inhibit lung growth and lead to respiratory infection, with effects that can continue into adulthood.Indoor pollutants include particulate matter (PM) -- tiny fragments of solids and liquids suspended in air -- and noxious gases, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2). Infant deaths increase by 4%, 7% and 19% with high levels of PM, NO2, and SO2, respectively. Pollutants originate in the home from processes such as heating, cooking, and smoking; or enter dwellings from the outdoors.AirBaby incorporates an air processing unit (APU) that contains an advanced filter composed of two elements: a high-grade HEPA filter for removing particulates; and an active carbon filter that neutralizes NO2 and SO2 from the air. AirBaby will therefore remove the most known harmful pollutants from a baby's locality, while providing protection against airborne viruses, including Covid-19 and common flu.AirBaby will be designed to be intuitive, cost-effective and easy to use.An intuitive phone app will allow remote control of AirBaby, provide alerts and collect data on local air quality. If the user permits, this data will allow unique local, national and international maps of air quality, to be built.The project will also include a human-centric design work package to ensure the features and attributes of the proposed product are fully aligned with the target market. The aim is to make AirBaby intuitive, affordable and environmentally friendly, with the HEPA filter being washable and reusable.This project will build upon the work done previously by the team on a lower performance personal air purifier prototype, known as Air2 ("air squared").The output of this project will form a credible and de-risking input to the proposed follow-on Phase 2: the development and real-world testing of AirBaby, ahead of commercial release.