mSensA new generation in pollution management

How it was built

Began as a simple board with off-the-shelf sensors for VOCs

Integrated ultra sensitive electrochemical sensors to measure air pollutants

Designed improvements to drastically reduce electronic noise

How it was built

Now hardware version 5

A commercial product with high resolution and speed

Innovative onboard configuration system

New sensors can be added without reprogramming

A sleek, small, standalone air quality smart sensor.

Remarkably cheap.Collectively powerful.

What it will replaceBulky, statically built machines

$1 million cost + $400k per year

Very few units per city

Slow to take measurements

Limited useful insight

The Platform

Custom Linux-based operating system

Designed for use in all future sensor efforts

Uses <2% CPU on a BeagleBone Black (= low energy usage!)

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The Platform

Fully networked with cellular technologies.

2G (GPRS) and 3G (WCDMA) versions available.

Includes GPS.

Next step: solar power for complete wireless operation.

The SoftwareA flexible and powerful sensing platform.

Prioritizes availability and up-time.

Adaptable for new sensor technologies.

Uses statistical analysis.

Not just a sensor.A smart sensor.

The Cognitive Side

All mSens units are powered by the IBM Cloud.

The Cloud can control the sensors remotely.

The Cloud does the calibration and the cross-sensitivity corrections with machine learning.

Internet of Things Foundation

mSensSSL

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Calibration

Storage

Control and model updates

The Cognitive Side

The wealth of high-density air quality data allows for unprecedented detail.

We can now detect exactly where the pollution comes

from.

The pollution problem is real.And unforgivable to leave alone.

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