WanderAir

About

25 million Americans have asthma. MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) affects an estimated 17% of the general population and has documented PM2.5 and VOC triggers — but no consumer air monitor has MCAS-specific threshold alerts. Wildfire smoke events in the US have increased 8x since 2000; the 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke event affected 75 million Americans across the East Coast. Dyson air purifiers and Awair monitors send air quality data to corporate clouds for product improvement — your home air quality readings become corporate data. EPA AirNow provides outdoor readings but not indoor; indoor air can be 2-5x more polluted than outdoor. WanderAir is an ESP32-based local sensor array (Sensirion SCD40 for CO2, SEN55 for PM2.5/VOC/humidity/temperature) with MCAS-specific alert thresholds, all data staying local and feeding into WanderHealthy for correlation with health outcomes.

Features

• CO2 monitoring: Sensirion SCD40 — cognitive performance degrades at 1,000ppm, most homes hit this
• PM2.5 sensor: wildfire smoke, cooking, vehicle exhaust — MCAS trigger threshold alerts
• VOC sensor: off-gassing from furniture, cleaning products, mold — chemical sensitivity documented triggers
• MCAS-specific thresholds: alert levels calibrated for mast cell reactivity, not just EPA standards
• WanderHealthy integration: air quality correlated with symptom log, medication, sleep data
• WanderDash widget: real-time air quality in home intelligence panel
• All data local: Dyson/Awair model rejected — your health environment data is not corporate product data
• Wildfire alert integration: WanderMap outdoor air quality overlay + WanderSOS notification
• Humidity tracking: mold growth conditions flagged — relevant for immunocompromised households
• Multiple room support: node network covers whole home, room-by-room comparison