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Start-up company SpaceLayer Technologies at ESA BIC Portugal is developing the SOUL app to minimise the risk from exposure to air pollution. By using Earth observation data, it will provide air quality alerts for patients with respiratory diseases such as asthma.
Das Start-up-Unternehmen SpaceLayer Technologies im ESA BIC Portugal entwickelt die SOUL-App zur Minimierung des Risikos der Belastung durch Luftverschmutzung. Die App setzt Erdbeobachtungsdaten ein und liefert so Alarmmeldungen zur Luftqualität, insbesondere für Patienten mit Atemwegserkrankungen, wie beispielsweise Asthma.