| Its a car, its a cyclist, its a mobile wireless sensor | | Print | |
| Written by Akiba | |
| Monday, 06 July 2009 | |
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The next time you see a pedestrian or cyclist crossing the road, you might also be looking at a mobile wireless sensor monitoring urban air quality. Scientists at Imperial College London this week launched a study that equipped pedestrians, cyclists, buses and cars with mobile wireless sensors as part of a demonstration of new ways of measuring air quality. The study aims to show transport authority and industry representatives how small mobile sensors could improve how air quality in urban areas is monitored and managed. “There is a lot that we do not know about air quality in our cities and towns because the current generation of large stationary sensors don’t provide enough information,” said project director John Polak, from the college’s Centre for Transport Studies. “We envisage a future where hundreds and thousands of mobile sensors are deployed across the country, to improve the way we monitor, measure and manage pollution in our urban areas.”
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