Scientists use smartphones to improve dismal rating of nation's civil infrastructure
Monday, February 11, 2019 - 17:30
in Mathematics & Economics
In the United States, aging civil infrastructure systems are deteriorating on a massive scale. A recent report by the American Society of Civil Engineers gave these systems a D+ rating nationwide on an A-F scale. Now scientists at the have developed smartphone-based technologies that can monitor civil infrastructure systems such as crumbing roads and aging bridges, potentially saving millions of lives.