My city makes me smoke 40 cigarettes per day
My city is dying and no one cares. I live in Delhi and it recently hit AQI 1000 - equivalent to smoking 40+ cigarettes daily. Yet people around me still believe you can "build immunity" to air pollution. Frustrated by this dangerous misconception, I built an open-source tool that translates abstract AQI numbers into metrics people viscerally understand: cigarettes you're unknowingly "smoking" and hours of life lost each day. Features: - Real-time conversion of AQI to cigarette equivalents - Daily life expectancy impact calculation - Location-based tracking Live demo:…
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This open-source tool converts real-time air quality index readings into relatable health metrics, showing users how many cigarettes worth of pollution they're breathing daily and how many hours of life expectancy they're losing. Designed for people living in high-pollution areas like Delhi, it uses location-based tracking to display personalized data. The tool aims to combat misconceptions about pollution immunity by translating abstract numbers into visceral, understandable terms that motivate awareness and action.
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My city is dying and no one cares. I live in Delhi and it recently hit AQI 1000 - equivalent to smoking 40+ cigarettes daily. Yet people around me still believe you can "build immunity" to air pollution. Frustrated by this dangerous misconception, I built an open-source tool that translates abstract AQI numbers into metrics people viscerally understand: cigarettes you're unknowingly "smoking" and hours of life lost each day. Features: - Real-time conversion of AQI to cigarette equivalents - Daily life expectancy impact calculation - Location-based tracking Live demo: https://air.nmn.gl/ GitHub: https://github.com/namanyayg/air/ Looking for feedback to make the health impact even more compelling & additional metrics that could drive awareness
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