Citizen science creates a nexus between science and education that, when coupled with
emerging technologies, expands the frontiers of ecological research and public …

People generally spend most of their time indoors, making indoor air quality be of great
significance to human health. Large spatiotemporal heterogeneity of indoor air pollution can …

This work demonstrates that a full laboratory-quality immunoassay can be run on a
smartphone accessory. This low-cost dongle replicates all mechanical, optical, and …

There has been a considerable development in microfluidic based immunodiagnostics over
the past few years which has greatly favored the growth of novel point-of-care-testing …

Open Data Kit (ODK) is an open-source, modular toolkit that enables organizations to build
application-specific information services for use in resource-constrained environments. ODK …

Location is a fundamental service for mobile computing. Typical GPS receivers, although
widely available, consume too much energy to be useful for many applications. Observing …

We introduce Acoustruments: low-cost, passive, and power-less mechanisms, made from
plastic, that can bring rich, tangible functionality to handheld devices. Through a structured …

Healthcare information, and to some extent patient management, is progressing toward a
wireless digital future. This change is driven partly by a desire to improve the current state of …

Harvesting energy from the environment makes it possible to deploy tiny sensors for long
periods of time, with little or no required maintenance; however, this free energy makes …

MusicalHeart is a biofeedback-based, context-aware, automated music recommendation
system for smartphones. We introduce a new wearable sensing platform, Septimu, which …