OXIA - Portable Personal Oxygen
We all need oxygen for survival. I remembered that in late year 2000, "oxygen bars" have sprung up in the US and Japan. However, the trend fizzled after a while. Some believe that by taking high level of oxygen will help them feel refreshing and soothing whereas some said breathing pure oxygen would be doing harm to the body, in fact, worse than drinking alcohol. While this point remains to be debatable and oxygen bars have since closed down, one by one, another product called OXIA, a personal oxygen dispenser, has hit the market since year 2006. Before getting excited with this new invention, OXIA, let's understand the basics. We have three major gases in the atmosphere, namely Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), and Carbon Dioxide (0.03%). When we have more carbon dioxide in our lungs, the so called carbon-dioxide sensors in our bodies will send signals to the brain, including the feeling of suffocating. So, was the Vancouver-based OXIA invented based on this theory? Read...