<s>
The	O
Air	B-Device
Quality	I-Device
Egg	I-Device
(	O
AQE	B-Device
)	O
is	O
an	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
platform	O
and	O
hobbyist	O
device	O
for	O
crowdsourced	O
citizen	O
monitoring	O
of	O
airborne	O
pollutants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
from	O
each	O
device	O
is	O
uploaded	O
to	O
Xively	O
and	O
published	O
on	O
the	O
Air	B-Device
Quality	I-Device
Egg	I-Device
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
of	O
the	O
AQE	B-Device
is	O
a	O
single	O
unit	O
,	O
Wi-Fi	O
connected	O
device	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
using	O
a	O
cell	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PM2.5	O
measurements	O
of	O
the	O
AQE	B-Device
version	O
2	O
had	O
an	O
R2	O
correlation	O
factor	O
of	O
0.79	O
to	O
0.85	O
with	O
a	O
professional	O
reference	O
sensor	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
field	O
test	O
run	O
by	O
the	O
South	O
Coast	O
Air	O
Quality	O
Management	O
District	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AQE	B-Device
grew	O
out	O
of	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
meetup	O
groups	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
and	O
Amsterdam	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Pachube	O
evangelist	O
Ed	O
Borden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Air	B-Device
Quality	I-Device
Egg	I-Device
"	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
company	O
co-founder	O
Dirk	O
Swart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
unit	O
reports	O
these	O
readings	O
to	O
Xively	O
and	O
the	O
AQE	B-Device
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
labelled	O
a	O
not-consumer-ready	O
"	O
hobbyist	O
"	O
device	O
by	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
,	O
the	O
AQE	B-Device
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
de	O
facto	O
commercially	O
available	O
,	O
comprehensive	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
pollution	O
monitors	O
on	O
the	O
US	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
competing	O
devices	O
have	O
been	O
announced	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Chemisense	O
Wearable	B-Operating_System
and	O
Foobot	O
(	O
formerly	O
Alima	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
comprehensive	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
air	O
pollution	O
monitoring	O
device	O
is	O
China	O
's	O
iKair	O
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
I	O
Care	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
closed	O
,	O
proprietary	O
platform	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
AQE	B-Device
's	O
open	O
source	O
hardware	O
and	O
open	O
data	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
