The project
Born from the 'OpenAir/Quel est ton air ?' projects, the AirCitizen project aims at giving citizens the ability to actively probe their close environment and the air they breathe in particular by:
Make
Making mobile environmental stations in « Fablabs » (digital fabrication laboratories) that include several low-cost sensors (i.e. temperature, relative humidity, pressure, NOx, ozone or fine particles PM10 and PM2.5).
Measure
Perfroming in situ measurements to evidence the spatial and temporal variabilities of the environmental parameters: in mobile measurement campaigns on one hand, with the help of climatologist-geographers, and in various places with a variety of environmental contexts.
Share
Contributing to the improvement of environmental knowledge by sharing the measurements in a database and by allowing for an online cartography of air pollution.
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spring 2015 - the beginning
Inventory of fine particle sensors, tests of the sensors on breadboards, comparison with a certified sensor, data transmission using bluetooth, app and server programming
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october 2015
first workshop
First general public workshop the 2015 science festival et fablab Sorbonne Universités.
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october 2016
new workshops
New version of the mobile station, workshops during the 2016 festival with the Master2 Dynarisk students at Fablab Université Paris Diderot and Fablab Sorbonne Universités.
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2017
new developments...
Design of a data-logger version (without smartphone), integration of new sensors (NO2, ozone...), design of a 'homemade' fine particle sensor.
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june-july 2018
workshop at Cité des sciences et de l’industrie
New version of the mobile station, using easy to plug Grove connectors. Measurements in the neighborhood of Cité des sciences et de l'industrie in collaboration with Carrefour numérique² and CommUn'Jeu..
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october 2018
workshops at the Turfu festival
New version of the mobile station and new enclosure. Measurements in Caen in collaboration with Le Dôme.
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2019
residency at Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Participation in the project Respirons mieux dans le 20e
Since january 2019 AirCitizen is taking part to MuséoCamp at Cité des sciences et de l'insdustrie and participate in the project Respirons mieux dans le 20e.
