Arconic envisages smog-eating skyscrapers

Posted on 22 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank

Materials science company Arconic is investigating the technology behind building skyscrapers which can suck pollution out of the air.

Arconic, which was spun off from aluminium manufacturer Alcoa late last year, has been advancing a number of high-tech concepts in several fields. The company envisages in the not to distance future a three-mile high skyscraper built from 3D printed materials which can collect pollution from the air. This would then be stored on the…

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