Citizen Science: The ideal air quality sensor
I am looking for a particulate sensor that we can use with the Eastern Coachella valley Environmental Justice community. The community member hosting the device will benefit from the technology by understanding their air quality, their health and how it compares to the rest of the world. Its an exercise in public health education and empowerment. When a family hosts a device, it could potentially inform and educate them about the air quality parameters that are used; how their community ranks with the rest of the country and localize some of the air quality warnings. The ideal outdoor air quality senso r should have the following abilities: CRITERIA: Be robust, small, portable and weather resistant for an outdoor site. Be unobtrusive in its appearance to detract from vandalism Have AC and DC power options where it could be run from a battery and/or plugged in Require none or very simple zeroing and calibrations that can be run by a citizen with a high school education. Be net