A personal, portable and wearable air pollution sensor has won a $100,000 prize under the My Air, My Health Challenge run by the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
The winning sensor, developed by a team called Conscious Clothing, monitors air quality and calculates the amount of particulate matter inhaled, using sensors around the ribcage to measure breath volume.
“With people wearing these new data-collecting devices, researchers will be able to see and understand the relationships between varying levels of air pollutants and individual health responses in real time,” said Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of NIH.
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