Donal Hickey: Wearable air quality monitors to alert people of exposure to hazardous gases

The sensor technology has been developed by a team of researchers from University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin
Donal Hickey: Wearable air quality monitors to alert people of exposure to hazardous gases

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New, wearable air quality monitors will alert people of their exposure to hazardous gases which can damage health, ecosystems, and overall quality of life.

The sensor technology has been developed by a team of AMBER and CRANN researchers from the School of Chemistry, University College Cork (UCC), and the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin (TCD).

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