iSniff: Pocket-Size Pollution Sensors Promise Big Improvement in Monitoring Personal Environment
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 16:28
in Earth & Climate
Once large enough to be mistaken for terrorist bombs, portable air pollution monitors are now being shrunk into smaller and smaller wearable devices that can be easily dispatched for environmental detective work: Is black carbon soot emitted by school buses contributing not just to warming global temperatures , but raising childhood asthma rates, too? These new pocket-size sensors could provide more practical and powerful detection of such potential public health risks. [More] ...