In this publication, I will conjugate two terms to know; tree + technology, to refer to the valuable technological bio-tool that simulates the natural operation of a tree, that has been devised to diminish the levels of carbon dioxide that are generated day after day, I wanted to clarify this to not generate confusion with the designation that is made in the matter of video games, to the hierarchical visual representation, or to the diagrams that simulate the advance of the technology in the games of historical strategy.

In this sense, the designation of Technological Tree in this manuscript is given to the technological innovation called BioUrban, whose experimental trials have been running since last year, and is a technological bio-tool of Mexican creation that simulates the photosynthetic and respiratory physiology of a natural tree, therefore, its purpose prescribes to improve air quality in urban areas that have the highest levels of air pollution.

Fig. 2 Mexico City has one of the highest levels of air pollution in this Central American country. Image of public domain, Author: Jools B, 2019

The company responsible for creating this technological bio-tool, is called BiomiTech and according to the scientific and technical specifications provided by the representatives of this company, the design of BioUrban was designed to reduce the concentrations of carbon dioxide generated by anthropogenic activities through microalgae reactors located in the upper segment of these majestic metal structures, in order to remedy the problem of pollution at each intersection or place of high population influx.

Bio-Technical Data

The purification capacity of this new technological bio-tool is equivalent to the breathing of 2,890 people/day, with a purification perimeter equivalent to 1 hectare of natural plant area, steel basal structure, upper structure with microalgae insertion, height of 4.2 meters and estimated weight of 1 ton.

The decision to create BioUrban, is in part, one of the strategies that Mexico will be using for the next few years, fundamentally as a strategy to alleviate the strong heat wave and environmental alert that its main metropolises have been experiencing in recent years, adverse behavior that has forced them to suspend educational activities in schools and universities, even restricting outdoor activities to citizens, so that the installation of these artificial trees, without a doubt, aims to improve the quality of life of Mexicans.

Fig. 3 The projection is to install BioUrban in each intersection or place of high population affluence. Image of public domain, Author: Pexels, 2015

This technological tree of metal capable of purifying the air, already surpassed its first year of experimental test in situ, and its positive effects have been exceptional, reason why, it has captured the interest of other countries, such it is the case of Spain, where it is projected to install thousands copies of this technological bio-tool before the closing of the 2020, in the search to counteract the levels of contamination, that undergoes cities like Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, we hoped that initiatives like these are successful and can contribute of another form to restrain the climatic change.