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Article: Cambridge cycle couriers' mobile phones monitor air pollution on the move
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- The Hindustan Times
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- January 3, 2008
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London, Jan. 3 -- Cellphones carried by cycle couriers are helping monitor air pollution in Cambridge, UK.
Eiman Kanjo, a computer scientist at Cambridge University, has revealed that this has become possible due to the wireless pollution sensors and custom software that connect mobile phones to her research lab, and report air pollutants and their location.
"Mobiles are everywhere, and now have a lot of computing power. They can provide an alternative to expensive custom hardware and report from places that otherwise aren't monitored," New Scientist magazine quoted her as saying.
The researchers gave local cycle ...