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• n  an apparatus for removing impurities

• Other inventions this year may have more altruistic intentions (like Dean Kamen's water purifier) or be more visible on street corners (like those ubiquitous camera cell phones).
• It boasts, among other functions, five cleansing modes (front, rear, pulsating, oscillating and soft), a lid that automatically opens and closes, an air purifier, a massage option .
• The potassium permanganate, normally used as a water purifier, came from China, which is the world's leading producer.

News & Articles

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• Research and Markets: China Air Purifier Industry Report, 2013-2016
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "China Air Purifier Industry Report, 2013-2016" report to their
  June 13, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Just what does Apple's new Mac Pro look like? (pictures)
  An odd-looking addition to Apple's Mac Pro line has kindled chatter on the Internet about what it resembles. Is it a trash can? An air purifier? Or maybe a Borg ship? You decide.
  June 11, 2013 - CNET
• 10 Things That The New Mac Pro Inescapably Reminds Us Of
  Apple's 10-inch-tall black tube of innovation, Mac Pro, may well be revolutionary, but its design also rings more than a few bells... Apple just revealed a sneak peak of its 9.9-inch-tall, 6.6-inch-across precision-engineered air purifier , subwoofer , darnit: Mac Pro. The recipe for the futuristic Pro seems to be this: Take one part HAL 9000 , one part jet turbine, and dissolve in three parts ...
  June 11, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine

Quotes

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• Dean Kamen in CNNMoney.com
  Now that shipments of our recently improved, state-of-the-art UV-400 air purifier are about to arrive at our shipment depot in Boston, we have seen consumer interest spike, and the increased commitment and growth within our distribution network... John Lennon http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHz-BQlIiadU4ebVwiCZKr7pBR40A MarketWatch (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/uv-flu-technologies-ramps-up-sales-program-for-viratech-uv-400-bacterial-air-purifier-2010-06-23%3Freflink%3DMW_news_stmp&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHFNJdZYGz0adY0FHCgCCP1jUWI2w Jun 23, 2010 79090 106475 purifier Eighty percent of all the diseases you could name would be wiped out if you just gave people clean water," says Kamen. "The water purifier makes 1,000 liters of clean water a day, and we don't care what goes into it. And the power generator...
• Margaret Keech in Blues Country Magazine
  Some residents have been told by these traders that they will be drinking recycled water within two weeks in a bid to convince them to buy a water purifier,says Keech. "This is simply wrong. It is a blatant lie being used by these traders...