Mboalab
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https://www2.purpleair.com/
Purple Air
A low cost air quality sensor network providing real time measurement of air quality on a public map.
Active
Since 2015
110 West 13800 South, Draper, UT 84020, USA
Evidence of this project's impact
a network of more than 9,700 low-cost air quality sensors that feed data into a near-real time global map of air pollution (Source) — 2020-9
Resources
- Project type
- Tool or platform
- Country
- United States of America 🇺🇸
- Founded
- 2015
- Language(s)
- English
- Tech stack
- BuiltWith report →
- Categories
- Citizen science, Emerging tech, Emerging Tech Report Tools, Smart Cities and sensors, Tech for public challenges
- Tags
- air quality
- Added
- 2021-06-22
- Last modified
- 2026-07-12T16:44:04.000Z
Additional details
- Number of integrations
- 0
- Metrics of success
- a network of more than 9,700 low-cost air quality sensors that feed data into a near-real time global map of air pollution
- Issues addressed
- air quality
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