Credit: Awair
As a new victim of nasal allergy, I must concur with my
fellow sufferers that yes, at times you just wish that you could cut off your
nose and be done with the allergy, once and for all. What’s tricky about nasal
allergy – in my case, at least – is that you never know when it’ll strike. It
basically comes and goes as it pleases, causing stuffiness in your nostrils just
when you’re about to sleep, or making you sneeze like a maniac in the middle of
a work meeting. I can blame it on the severe air pollution in Hong Kong, the shedding
seasons for my cats and what-not, but whatever the causes, nasal allergy is
simply annoying.
Enough of my rant. It looks like help is at hand. A sleek
device with an appearance that resembles a retro-style amplifier, Awair is designed to analyse your
indoor air quality in real time, learn your routines, and communicate with
other home devices to help you achieve optimal air quality for your home or
office. By allowing you to choose from the list of habits and lifestyle
preferences, Awair tracks the daily air quality levels in a given room, and can
then recommend ways to help change your behaviours, such as activating the
humidifier (to which it is connected) to increase moisture content in the room
if it’s deemed too dry for comfort. With sensors that survey carbon dioxide, fine
dust particles and volatile organic compounds in the air, Awair shows you the
quality of the air that you’re breathing through a companion app that
illustrates the data using infographics and digital cards.
Good news is Awair is now available for pre-order at USD149,
and will be shipping from autumn this year onwards. I don’t know about you but
I’m seriously tempted.
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