An entrepreneur in Amsterdam has come up with an idea that he thinks will help reduce air pollution in the city. His team is mounting birdhouses on trees around Amsterdam, but instead of holding nests, they are filled with nitrogen oxide sensors and WiFi routers. Nitrogen oxide is one of the negative byproducts released by vehicles as they burn gasoline. To incentivize people to walk or ride bikes, when the level of nitrogen oxide in the air drops below a certain level, the birdhouse turns green and free WiFi is available to people passing by.
This birdhouse will give you free Wi-Fi for reducing air pollution https://t.co/3DMXIcfu7a pic.twitter.com/ljxUAdQTQU
— Popular Science (@PopSci) June 18, 2016
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