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New MIT program to monitor global air, water quality
02-05-2008 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Researchers from MIT and two Singaporean universities have launched a bold international research program to develop pervasive environmental sensor networks to collect data on air and water quality from many sources.
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