10Pollution Monitors..........
Scientists
from the University of California have developed a small smartphone add-on for monitoring air pollution.
The system uses an app called CitiSense to collect data from the sensors and
allows a picture of air quality to be built. This can then be viewed not just
by those with the sensors, but by other users as well. Asthmatics, for example,
can figure out if they should avoid a certain area that day. It also allows
scientists to monitor pollution in greater detail. In San Diego, where the
first trials were carried out, there are only 10 traditional stations
monitoring pollution. Researchers say that if only 100 of the area’s 3.1
million residents used the device, there would be a wealth of data that is
otherwise impossible to gather.
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