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AI_r system is an air quality monitoring system combining Sensors, the Internet of Things, and AI. SACAQM developed the system to cover...

Given the significant public health concerns related to air quality, the SACAQM recently had an interview with SABC to discuss how poor...

SACAQM recently participated in a radio interview discussing the importance of air quality monitoring. The conversation also highlighted...

SACAQM discuss how the deployment of AI_r system will help in monitoring air quality covering large area. This will help in identifying...

Air quality poses serious public health issues in Africa. The AI_r systems from the SACAQM will cover large area at a much cheaper price....

On the 8th of August 2024, The SACAQM was visited by the City of Johannesburg (COJ) Air quality management team. The main reason for this...

August 7, 2024 - Nordic Semiconductor has donated 20 nRF9160 development kits and integrated circuit (IC) components to our consortium...

SACAQM was recently interviewed by eNCA about the consortium's efforts and the latest advancements with the AI_r system. In this...

The consortium was recently visited by the international news organization CGTN, to cover the work and progress being done by our team....

SACAQM has recently been interviewed on the radio. This interview goes over the AI_r system being developed by SACAQM as well as the...

Following the recent unveiling of the air quality sensor dashboard by the consortium, the Sunday Times published an article featuring the...

On 24 June 2024, the consortium hosted Dr. Patience Gwaze, the Air Quality Officer of South Africa from the Department of Forestry,...

The Canadian International Development Research Centre recently featured the AI_r project that is being under taken by SACAQM as one of...

Prof. Bruce Mellado was invited to present the progress of the consortium at the Climate Change African Health Research & Innovation...

On 11 April members of the consortium were invited to partake in a workshop organized by the Clean Air Fund. The organization is...

In this radio interview Professor Mellado discusses the dynamics of air quality monitoring. He explores the challenges that are being...

Professor Bruce Mellado was interviewed today on South African national radio SAfm. He talked about air quality and why it is important...

The biggest Sunday newspaper in South Africa, Sunday Times has released a lengthily article on the AI_r project as well as the work that...

In the past few months there have been a lot of developments at SACAQM. On Wednesday 14 February we were visited by Gill Gifford a senior...

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has published an article commending ground breaking the work being done by SACAQM in...

The South African Consortium of Air Quality Monitoring (SACAQM) is proud to announce the achievement of a key milestone. On the 16th of...

In an exciting new development SACAQM develops the first version of the master node.  This is the principal element of the network of...

SACAQM has integrated LoRa communication with the AI_r system. LoRa technology holds immense importance for IoT applications, offering...

SACAQM has shipped ten complete air quality systems to Prof. Godfred Boateng of the Dahddaleh Institute for Global Health Research at the...