Grassroots data collection to empower Detroit youth
Sensors in a Shoebox is a grassroots approach to technology that aims to empower Detorit tennagers. Together, University of Michigan researchers and Detroit adolescents gather data using compact kits of sensors about how community members use the riverfront. https://news.engin.umich.edu/2017/10/...
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Half of the research team built and demonstrated the sensor kits while the other half instructed the adolescents on surveys and observations to gain a better understanding of which parts of the Detroit riverfront are more popular. The hope is, with more advanced sensors to be deployed in the future, Detroit students will utilize these kits to better understand vehicle traffic and air quality data in their neighborhoods.
This project is a partnership between Jerome Lynch, Donald Malloure Department Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and Elizabeth Moje, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education.
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