Samsung has announced that it will put its electronic technology into the ring for a US sponsored Airliner Cabin Environment Research (ACER) project. Samsung has created the Micro-Plasma Ion (MPI) technology.

The MPI generates large amounts of oxygen and hydrogen ions. These ions (charged particles) then go into action to eliminate anything in the air that can cause harm to a human such as viruses and other bacteria.


Why this project is being taken on in the first place is because as a plane is in the air, the cabin experiences a drop in humidity and pressure while ozone and carbon dioxide levels increase. On top of that, the passengers are forced to continue breathing the same circulating air as the flight progresses. The air quality drops, and so there is a higher risk of a virus or infectious disease being spread quickly to the passengers.

Until now the conventional method of removing this “bad air” was to disinfect the plane before it took off. However, that doesn’t prevent someone from catching something from a passenger as the plane is airborne.

The MPI technology from Samsung, interestingly enough, is also being looked into by several car makers. Samsung is looking to soon sign Memorandums of Understandings (MOUs) with some of these car companies. Samsung also thinks that the MPI technology can apply in a hospital and industrial environments.

MPI has come out of 3 years of research and its effect was proven in two studies set up at the Kitasato Medical Center (in Japan) and the British Allergy Foundation.

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