Sound levels recorded by their phone microphone.Here’s everything the AirCasting app can do (information from the AirCasting)
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You could also download their Android app – “ AirCasting Android App“. The scattered light is measured by a detector, which enables the estimation of PM 2.5 (particulate matter that is harmful to our health) The data is then shared via bluebooth to your Smartphone and to the community via the AirCasting platform, which is an open source platform for recording, mapping and sharing health and environmental data using your smartphone. 3 days ago, they successfully crowd funded (via KickStarter) their new $200 wearable air quality monitoring device “ AirBeam” that maps, graphs and shares your air pollution exposures in real time.ĪirBeam draws air through a sensing chamber where light from an LED scatter off the particulate matter in the air. HabitatMap, a non-profit, environmental justice group based out of New York, utilizes online maps and social networks to raise awareness about the impact the environment has on human health. Here is an interesting example of how GI Science in its version 2.0 is helping understand the impact of the environment on our health. GIS has come a long way since those days. Interestingly, GI Science started off as an aid to a Doctor. ( How often does a map change the world). A map that helped him figure out that Cholera spread through water. One of the most famous applications of Geographic Information Science is the 1854 London Cholera Map by Dr.
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