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KNOW-HOW OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS TO THE KAZNU

3/3/2021

Al-Farabi KazNU undergraduates have developed a new device that measures the level of air pollution and scans the air quality in real time.

A unique device was created in the laboratory of computer science at the Research Institute "Mechanics and Mathematics" KazNU together with an industrial partner LLP "Digital Alem". Young scientists have been working on a new project for about a year and a half and presented their own environmental monitoring system to the public. The know-how is a small device that analyzes the level of air pollution, connects via Bluetooth to the user's phone and transmits data to the server. The device also detects the location of a person. It weighs 150 grams and is battery operated and can be charged via the mains.

According to preliminary estimates of master's students, the cost of the device is more than thirty thousand tenge. The head of the laboratory of computer science Edil Nurakhov explained the principle of operation of the device as follows: “The modules we have developed with the help of various sensors take air and transmit data to the server via a GSM / GPRS transmitter. The server stores data in a structured database. They are processed by mathematical models that allow visualizing the ecological picture of a city on a map, determining the dynamics of pollution and making forecasts for further changes, taking into account various factors. "

Young scientists of KazNU note that a new invention today, when the level of pollution in Almaty is very high, is more relevant than ever. And it will find its consumer in the face of city residents and business representatives. Citizens using a portable device will be able to determine the environmental background in the premises or area of the city, and entrepreneurs will be able to select business niches to form a list of eco-products.

The developers of the new device emphasized that within the framework of the Smatr Siti concept, using the new device, it is possible to develop an effective tool for preserving the ecology of the city.