# Ink made of air pollution

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@BCG Toronto
- Speaker: Anirudh Sharma
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/anirudh_sharma_ink_made_of_air_pollution)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if we could capture pollution in the air around us and turn it into something useful? Inventor Anirudh Sharma shares how he created AIR-INK, a deep black ink that's made from PM 2.5 pollution. See how he hacked together a clever way to capture these tiny particles -- and make the world just a little bit cleaner in the process.

## Lectures

1. [Ink made of air pollution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/anirudh_sharma_ink_made_of_air_pollution/2ecb60156bde), 9 min (TED's player)