Air pollution monitoring By sensors embedded on mobile phone

mobile technology has been available for at least a decade and is increasingly being used in developing countries as a way of contacting and connecting citizens and helping them to organize for a better life.[3]Mobile phones are not just for phone calls, but they can also be used to collectdatainseveraldifferentformatsandsendthemtoacentralserver.Therethedatacanbeaggregatedandanalyzed,withtablesandvisualizationsautomaticallygenerated.Whatisnewisthesheernumberofobservationpointsthatare potentially available by using mobile phones. With over 4 billionphones in use worldwide, the mobile phone network is emerging as a form of“global brain” with sensors everywhere. In addition, there are companies suchas Fourier Systems that provide purpose-built mobile devices that are specificallydesignedforscienceexperimentsinschoolsandfordatalogginginanyscienceproject.[3]