In the latest IEEE Pervasive Computing special edition on Urban
Computing, Eiman Kanjo and Peter Lanshoff of University of Cambridge
put the Nokia N95 to use monitoring pollution.
Bicycle couriers in Cambridge are now providing researchers with
real time, location based information on the levels of pollution in and
around the city. Linking Nokia N95's to a small unit capable of
measuring carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and nitrogen dioxide and
recording the phones location researchers are able to monitor pollution
levels.
Results of this pollution monitoring can be seen here >>
Future enhancements planned include the ability to monitor carbon
dioxide as well as the level of traffic noise using the microphone in
an S60 device.
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