Browse the archive of stories, events and blog posts to get inspired by hackAIR’s work on participatory sensing and air quality.
Stories and blog posts

hackAIR: A review
hackAIR started in 2016 as a project to develop an open technology toolkit for citizens’ observatories on air quality. It was supported through the EU programme on “Collective Awareness Platforms for ...

Data visualisation with Node-RED Dashboard
Here is a special treat for hackAIR users who are interested in more ways to visualise their sensor data. We have received this awesome work from Jo Torsmyr, a hackAIR user from Norway. Here is what h...

hackAIR workshop in a primary school
Bring together in one room: 21 enthusiastic kids, an air quality expert from the VUB (Free University of Brussels), smartphones in the classroom and many empty drink cartons to build their own cardboa...

How to upgrade your hackAIR sensor
The hackAIR project is slowly coming to an end! While our servers will still remain live for a while, we want to make sure you can continue to use your own sensors as long as possible. For that purpos...
Newsletter archive
- 18/12/2018 – hackAIR: Next steps for air quality monitoring (and thank you!)
- 31/10/2018 – hackAIR: Spread the word about air quality and citizen sensing
- 13/09/2018 – hackAIR: Order your hackAIR sensor now and measure air quality in your neighbourhood!
- 09/08/2018 – hackAIR: Take part in our summer photo contest!
- 21/06/2018 – hackAIR: How clean is the air in your neighbourhood?
- 16/05/2018 – hackAIR: Build your own cardboard sensor to estimate air quality
- 11/04/2018 – hackAIR: Take sky photos for air quality estimation!
- 06/03/2018 – hackAIR: Build your own air quality sensor!
- 08/02/2018 – hackAIR: let’s map air quality throughout Europe
- 31/10/2017 – hackAIR: Preparing for launch in 1… 2… 3… 2018!
- 26/06/2017 – hackAIR: Survey on air quality and participatory sensing
- 29/03/2017 – hackAIR: Sneak preview – air quality sensors
- 19/10/2016 – hackAIR: Open Technology for Air Quality
- 22/04/2016 – INVITATION: hackAIR introduction webinar, 27 April 2016
- 11/04/2016 – Introducing hackAIR: Collective Awareness for Air Quality