Geme.io vs hackAIR

We are the first tech platform personalizing climate change and collectively cleaning our air. Rising levels of air-polluting gases are contributing to the greenhouse effect. Temperatures are rising and this affects global weather patterns. With Geme.io you can combat this, starting somewhere familiar and easy - your street. Geme.io is the only urban tech app displaying real-time, air pollution data on a shared, virtual map. The data is highly specific, communicating pollution levels at a street level and available on your mobile as well as library TV monitors and public places that use our web app. Data is captured with our groundbreaking, on-body and on-collar wearable sensors and then uploaded to the Geme.io virtual and shared map. App users can pin their own points of interest and receive air pollution level alerts (work, home, kindergarten, etc.) or in their general vicinity. Besides visualizing real-time air pollution, we are working with scientists to show predicted air pollution information 48 hours ahead of time surrounding the user’s points of interests on our virtual map. Geme.io uses your location to monitor air pollution, but the continued use of the GPS running in the background might decrease battery life. If you have problems with the app, please contact us at hello@geme.io

With air pollution being the number one environmental concern of citizens and one of the most significant factors posing threat to their health, hackAIR provides reliable information on the current and forecast air quality levels, based on official and model data, and observations from users. Beyond air pollution, extreme heat events and wildfires are some of the most important environmental factors that affect wellbeing. hackAIR has been recently upgraded to include information about the current and forecast thermal comfort conditions and about the probability of forest fires based on model data. Now you can have a more complete overview of the local environmental conditions that help you make informed decisions to protect yourself. hackAIR offers personalized recommendations to registered users on how they can safeguard themselves from adverse environmental conditions. The app is location-based and real-time, offering a map-based interface to the data available. hackAIR offers several ways for you to contribute your own observations: 1. You can state how you feel the current air quality and outdoor temperature at your location and help other users understand the current conditions 3. hackAIR provides instructions on how you can easily build mini air quality monitoring devices and see their measurements in the app 4. Experienced users can submit and access data using an online interface (API).