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WearAir: Expressive T-shirts for Air Quality Sensing

Eric Paulos (Carnegie Mellon University)
Mark Gross (Carnegie Mellon University)

Abstract

In this paper we designed and prototyped WearAir, an expressive T-shirt to sense the wearerís surrounding air quality as indicated by the measured volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and publicly express those levels through a series of visually expressive patterns. While poor air quality has been shown to affect human health, public awareness of our daily exposure to such pollutants has been inadequately captured and publicly shared. Our work is designed to accurately measure and public express the immediately local air quality. We expect obtaining information regarding air quality indirectly from others might be helpful for people with less concern on air quality to increase their awareness to air quality.

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http://tei-conf.org/10/uploads/Program/p295.pdf

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