When Plume's portable device first transmitted air quality data from the polar research station, and its algorithm began to predict pollution trends for the next 24 hours, the team clearly realized: Plume's goal has never been to simply create a monitoring device, but to build a forward-looking 'breathing health ecosystem'—an ecosystem that includes smarter monitoring technology, a more interconnected service network, broader public welfare coverage, the ability to proactively avoid respiratory risks, and to ensure more people enjoy equitable health protection, even providing a small yet solid force for the governance of the Earth's air environment.
In its future technology layout, Plume is making breakthroughs in the direction of "smarter and more forward-looking." Currently, the team is developing an "AI predictive monitoring system," which is no longer limited to "real-time display of current data." Instead, it can combine historical monitoring records, meteorological changes, regional pollution source distribution, and other multi-dimensional information to predict air quality changes in the next 12-24 hours. For example, by analyzing pollution data from the past three heating seasons, users can be informed in advance that "PM2.5 in a certain area will rise to 120μg/m³ during tomorrow's morning rush hour, and it is recommended to travel during off-peak hours." Combined with typhoon, sandstorm and other weather warnings, it can be predicted that "outdoor air quality will continue to deteriorate in the next three days, and it is recommended to reduce going out." When the system was piloted in a northern city last year, its prediction accuracy reached over 85%. Some users reported: "Being able to know about changes in air quality in advance allows us to prepare in advance. We no longer have to go out and find out that the pollution is serious." At the same time, hardware research and development is also moving towards "miniaturization and insensitivity", and plans to launch "invisible monitoring modules" that can be embedded in furniture - such as formaldehyde monitors that can be hidden in wardrobes, and PM2.5 sensors that can be attached to windows. They do not take up extra space but can protect home breathing safety in real time.
In the future planning of the service network, Plume hopes to achieve "more interconnectedness and more inclusiveness". At present, it has reached cooperation with community hospitals and community service centers in some cities. In the future, it will further expand the "Community Respiratory Health Service Station" - each service station is equipped with Plume professional monitoring equipment, and residents can test indoor air samples for free. Doctors will give personalized protection suggestions based on the monitoring data; for elderly people with limited mobility, "door-to-door monitoring" services can also be provided to help the elderly check for respiratory risks at home. At the same time, Plume also plans to open up the full link of "monitoring-protection-treatment": when users detect air abnormalities through Plume, the APP will recommend nearby protective equipment stores (such as regular masks and air purifier stores); if respiratory discomfort is caused by air quality problems, you can also make an appointment for a visit to the community hospital directly on the APP, so that "discovering problems-solving problems-health intervention" forms a closed loop. A community doctor said: "The addition of Plume has made community health services more accurate and can help us intervene in air-related health problems in advance."
The future extension of the public welfare field will give Plume's ecosystem more warmth of "fair protection". At present, Plume's "Rural Breathing Protection Plan" has covered more than 500 rural schools, and will be further expanded to kindergartens and left-behind children's homes in remote mountainous areas in the future. Not only will it provide monitoring equipment for free, but it will also cooperate with educational institutions to develop "Children's Air Science Courses" to teach children about air and protect respiratory health through animation, experiments and other forms. At the same time, Plume also plans to cooperate with international environmental organizations to participate in the "Global Remote Area Air Monitoring Project" - to provide portable monitoring equipment and technical support to areas with scarce air monitoring resources such as Africa and Southeast Asia, to help local residents understand the surrounding air quality, and also provide basic data for global air environment research. Team members said: "Respiratory health is everyone's right, whether in cities or rural areas, whether at home or abroad, we hope to allow more people to enjoy professional air monitoring services."
In the longer term, Plume's future ecosystem will also contribute to "Earth's air governance." It plans to make the global air quality data accumulated over the years (after anonymization) available free of charge to scientific research institutions and environmental protection organizations, providing data support for "research on the relationship between climate change and air quality" and "pollution source control technology research and development." For example, scientific research institutions can use Plume's data to analyze the patterns of pollution changes in different regions and develop more efficient governance technologies; environmental protection organizations can use the data to carry out targeted environmental protection publicity activities to enhance the public's awareness of air protection. The person in charge of Plume once said: "We know that a single device or a single team cannot change the global air environment, but we hope to contribute a small part to the 'breathing health' of the earth by opening up data and connecting all parties."
Today, Plume's vision for the future is gradually taking shape: pilot programs for its AI prediction system are expanding, community respiratory health service stations are gradually increasing, and public welfare projects are extending to more remote areas. In this ecosystem, there are no unattainable technological fantasies, only steady progress towards our original aspiration of "making every breath safe." In the future, with the iteration of technology, the improvement of services, and the collaboration of multiple parties, Plume will ultimately build a respiratory health ecosystem that covers all scenarios and benefits all people, making healthy breathing a daily necessity within everyone's reach.