euph_22

euph_22 t1_j22cit2 wrote

This MIGHT be intended for commercial scale. Though even then, it's literally the exact same popping method commercial poppers use, just using an IR heat source rather than a resistive heating element.

Also for home use, you can use a pan or metal bowl over your stove.

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euph_22 t1_j210e2j wrote

Ok, reading the paper, aren't they precisely describing how a commercial popcorn popper works? You have a vessel that is heated, you stir the kernels until they pop. I think they usually use an electric element in the vessel to heat it but not universally and that really isn't a major change.

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euph_22 t1_iu7o4m4 wrote

On the one hand, a win is a win. Cleaner air is great.

On the other, is there any data that shows the was a greater improvement in cities with monitors than those without? Of course if it is just a broader trend that everyone's air is getting better, that is even more reason to celebrate. It just means this particular relationship is pure coincidence.

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