Below is our Care About Air campaign's project roadmap. One goal of this blog is to keep everyone informed of our journey as we leap from arrow to arrow.
Check out our posts of the path thus far:
1) Design a Sensor
- Find technical air quality experts
- Develop technical requirements
- Align requirements with govt/city air sensors
- Determine and source parts
- Assess cost and feasibility
- Draft budget based on scale/quantity
- Assemble prototype
- Solidify prototype blueprint and go to step 2
2) Test the Sensor
- Distribute prototype to local air sensor experts
- Revise based on feedback
- Test durability in local conditions
- Determine sensor breaking points and casing requirements
- Measure accuracy by deploying next to city air sensors
- Test transmission of data
- Redesign prototype and blueprints based on findings in step 2
3) Determine Locations
- Choose 3 neighborhoods ranging in exposure to pollution
- Pick high congestion points such as busy intersections, landfills, etc
- Consider industrial locations for sensors
- Contrast with low-pollution areas (parks, oceans, etc)
- Determine number of sensors needed to get accurate sample size
- Devise scale and rollout plan
- Order based on required sample size and rollout plan
4) Deploy Sensors
- Obtain permission from public officials and private citizens
- Determine sensor attachment methods
- Assess best spots for low theft, damage, and best reading
- Train and recruit volunteers on affixing sensors
- Create map and plot sensor points on Google Maps Engine
- Draft maintenance and checkup schedule based on sensor durability
- Cross-check maintenance requirement with budget
5) Collect Data
- Identify cloud-based, high storage database
- Devise data output/frequency schedule
- Align schedule with expert opinion and protocol
- Flag any sensors transmitting data with significant deviation
- Remove and inspect sensors in question
- Perform backend maintenance on data collecting units
- Outsource data analyzation to third parties such as universities
6) Distribute Data
- Give to researchers, students, and professors
- Collate data for use in reports, visual aids, and public info campaigns
- Develop partnerships with third parties
- Highlight partnerships and seek grants and continued funding
- Devise possible commercial applications for project sustainability
- Host air quality awareness campaigns among public
- "Adopt a Sensor" program
- Assess project longevity and timeline based on third-party interest and funding
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