I-Corps: Ultra Violet Guardian: Real Time Estimation of Pedestrians Ultraviolet Exposure

研究人员试图通过紫外线暴露监测技术为行人提供地球仪的实时紫外线（UV）监测，以保护用户免受阳光过度照射并帮助预防皮肤癌。志愿者在户外行走时，使用手机设备和蓝牙紫外线传感器，通过定期将紫外线辐照度样本上传到该技术的网络服务，为构建各自地区的全球紫外线辐照度地图做出贡献。集合的紫外线读数的子集是匿名的，地理上分段的，然后通过网页向公众提供基于位置的紫外线辐照度查询。通过智能手机和该技术的应用程序，即使没有佩戴紫外线传感器，典型的客户也可以跟踪累积暴露，并可以在户外活动之前规划最大限度减少紫外线暴露的旅行路径。这项技术有可能对健康和健康产生重大影响，无论是短期还是长期。近期内：（1）通过参与式传感在行人水平上实时构建全球紫外线辐照度地图;（2）在行人走到户外之前估计行人沿着的紫外线暴露：个人紫外线监测设备可以防止过度暴露，但只能对行人的紫外线暴露进行增量或后处理。从长远来看：这项技术可用于将行人的紫外线暴露模式与皮肤癌类型相关联：今天，几乎没有数据将紫外线暴露与任何类型的皮肤癌发病相关联。如果五分之一的人预计会患上皮肤癌，那么从现在起的20-30年内，医生可能能够从这项技术的用户那里获得紫外线暴露数据，这些用户在同意的情况下会患上皮肤癌。

Researchers seek to provide real-time ultraviolet (UV) monitoring across the globe for pedestrians with an UV-exposure monitoring technology for the purpose of protecting users from sun over-exposure and aiding in skin cancer prevention. Using a cell phone device and a Bluetooth enabled UV sensor, volunteers walking outdoors contribute to constructing a global UV irradiance map in their respective areas, by periodically uploading UV irradiance samples to the technology's web service. Subsets of the aggregated UV readings are made anonymous, geographically segmented, then made available to the general public for location based UV irradiance queries via a webpage. With smart phone and the technology's App, the typical customer, even without wearing a UV sensor, can keep track of cumulative exposure and can plan travel paths that minimize UV exposure before stepping outdoors.This technology has the potential to have significant impacts on health and wellness both near and long-term. In the near term: (1) Build a global UV irradiance map in real-time at the pedestrian level through participatory sensing; (2) estimate the pedestrians' UV exposure traveling along a path before they step outdoors: A personal UV monitoring device can prevent over-exposure, however only performs incremental or post processing of the pedestrian's UV exposure. In the long-term: this technology could be used to correlate the pedestrian's UV exposure patterns with skin cancer types: Today, there is little data that correlates UV exposure to the onset of any type of Skin Cancer. If 1 in 5 people are projected to get skin cancer, 20-30 years from now Physicians may be able to obtain UV exposure data from users of this technology that contract skin cancer provided their consent.