Beijing is notorious for its grey-brownish smog days and poor air quality.
Two students from the US are trying to raise awareness by conducting workshops for the local residents on how to build sensors small enough to be mounted on kites.
via BBC News – Beijing pollution monitored with kite-mounted sensors.
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