Dutch app turns smartphones into aerosol pollution trackers Citizen scientists already use their phones to report roadkill, light pollution and invasive plants, using free apps. But in 2013, Dutch researchers went a step further, transforming smartphones into scientific instruments. With an inexpensive camera add-on and an app to direct volunteers, the scientists proved they could match, and in some cases, even exceed the pollution-tracking skill of current satellites and ground-based instruments, according to a new study. The accuracy of the crowdsourced measurements is as good as any professional instrument, said project leader Frans Snik, an astronomer at Leiden University in the Netherlands Read more... More about Smartphone, Pollution, Mobile, Us World, and World #socialmedia
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:24:30 +0000
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