Pigeons in London Are Monitoring the City’s Air Quality

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[People] can ask for their locations to be read for air pollution by simply tweeting at the birds on Twitter.

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It plans do this through a crowdsourcing project and having humans carry sensors with them, whether it’s on their bag, bike, or dog leash.

Plume Labs said the sensors would then be able to read real-time pollution levels through mobiles, and will alert users when they are exposed.