How clean is the air you breathe?
Download the app
The hackAIR app shows you local air quality and lets you reduce your exposure to air quality. Available for Android and iOS .
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An open technology platform to access, collect and improve air quality information in Europe.
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Take a photo to measure air quality
Take a photo of the sky and upload it to the app to measure local air quality now. Download the app.
Build your own low-tech sensor
Make a simple sensor for air quality from cardboard and petroleum jelly. Go to the tutorial.
BUILD A HARDWARE SENSOR
With a few electronic components, you can build your own air quality sensor in an afternoon. Go to the tutorial.
OPEN AIR QUALITY DATASETS
Learn how to use the hackAIR API to contribute your own air quality data – or to access hackAIR’s data automatically. More on the API.
About hackAIR
Air pollution
Air quality is an important issue to Europeans, and pollution with particulate matter causes significant health damage. Read more.
Raising awareness
hackAIR aims to raise awareness of human exposure to air pollution, and enable engagement. Read more.
Inspiring action
hackAIR helps people minimize the risk from particulate matter pollution, and bring about decisions for cleaner air. Read more.
I think this one of best projects I have ever seen. Especially the controller software is great and easy to install. Everything worked from the beginning. Wonderful!
Woot! Love it. I’m in an air quality challenged neighborhood and breaking out my soldering gun to build a sensor! Great project!
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