Masking the TechI wouldn’t buy the $150 AirPop Active+ but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate it. Six years ago, company founder Chris Hosmer was living in China, where his young daughter suffered acute respiratory reactions to noxious air.
He set out to build a mask that addressed human-made, ecological and pathogenic threats—essentially pollution, wildfires and disease.The quarter-size doodad integrated into the front of the mask has sensors that capture breathing-related data, temperature and humidity.
It pairs via Bluetooth to your smartphone to tell you your breathing rate, how much pollutants were blocked, the air-quality index and more.