Ugandan researchershave developedinexpensive air quality monitoring sensors that work in extreme conditions.
The sensors could let Uganda and other countries switch from pricey imported monitors.
It’s part of a growing effort to develop a broader data pipe of air quality monitors.
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Data from the monitors is processed by artificial intelligence and made available to the public via a smartphone app.
Arecent studyfound that outdoor air pollution is increasing across Africa.
Think of low-cost air quality sensors as a neighborhood watch for your lungs."
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Plume Labs, for example, hasdeveloped a personal pollution monitorcalled Flow.
“To this, we must also understand indoor air pollution levels as well as outdoors.
In our experience, low-cost sensors are the key.”
Plume worked to make its Flow monitor as small and inexpensive as possible.
The system integrates many pieces of data and maps the results using artificial intelligence.
