Teenager invents way to stay germ-free while flying (video)

A teenager has found a way to keep you from inhaling everyone else's germs while on a plane.

Raymond Wang, who is just 17 years old, has invented a new fan system that changes the way air moves around a plane.

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In a recent TED talk, he said: "We had this mixing air-flow pattern so if someone were to actually sneeze that air would get swirled around multiple times before it even has a chance to go out through the filter. We're all sharing gross, nasty germs when we shove ourselves in those increasingly smaller airline seats."

Wang's device is called the Global Inlet Detector and it keeps air in a contained space before it gets to the filter system to get cleaned out.

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This new technology can be installed in planes for less than $1,000 and Wang says it will be able to make pathogen transmission 55 times less than what it was before and increase fresh air inhalation by 190%.

According to Raymond Wang's official website, Raycorp Global, outbreaks of influenza, SARS and Ebola are part of the reason the youngster decided to develop the new technology.

Wang claims the technology will be "improving breathing air quality and efficiently curbing disease transmission in modern aircraft."

Last summer it was revealed that the bathroom was not in fact the dirtiest, most germ-ridden part of a plane: a study showed that the tray tables in front of you are what you are even dirtier.

The germ e.coli can reportedly survive for 72 hours on the stowaway surfaces, so keep your antibacterial wipes handy!