• DocumentCode
    1472601
  • Title

    Sensors and Smartphones: Tracking Water Collection in Rural Ethiopia

  • Author

    Chaudhri, Rohit ; Sodt, Rita ; Lieberg, Kristian ; Chilton, John ; Borriello, Gaetano ; Masuda, Yuta Jason ; Cook, Joseph

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    15
  • Lastpage
    24
  • Abstract
    In rural areas, residents often venture far distances to collect water for everyday use. A low-power wireless system records motion and leverages Bluetooth-enabled smartphones, retrieving data from sensors attached to household water containers, to help researchers understand the effects of water policies and water-source locations.
  • Keywords
    Bluetooth; sensors; smart phones; household water containers; leverages Bluetooth-enabled smartphones; low-power wireless system records motion; retrieving data; rural Ethiopia; sensors; tracking water collection; water policies; water-source locations; Africa; Bluetooth; Embedded systems; Mobile computing; Rural areas; Sensors; Smart phones; Tracking; Water resources; embedded systems; mobile computing; sensor networks; ubiquitous computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pervasive Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1268
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPRV.2012.21
  • Filename
    6171153