Smartphone apps are powerful tools — especially one that eliminates foul smells in your city. OK, the Smell MyCity app is not that powerful. But it does give users a reliable way to report offensive ...

Beatrice Dias with Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab is working with partners in Louisville, Kentucky to build a base of users for Smell MyCity. Some Allegheny County residents use a smartphone ...

An East Coast university’s project to graphically bring together air-quality measurements and crowdsourced reporting of off odors has been released as a free mobile app. Seventh Generation, maker of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- From the meat processing plant in Butchertown, to the chemical plants in Rubbertown, neighbors and workers around the city are often exposed to pungent odors. "It's the smell ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s been a long time coming, but on Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams announced the launch of an online service meant to help New Yorkers get connected to city services. City ...

Portland's air is dirty. And a new app asks residents to track pollution, via sniffing. Smell MyCity launched today to help Portlanders "document and monitor air pollution odors in their neighborhoods ...

Some Allegheny County residents use a smartphone app to report foul smells in their communities, and a new version of that app is now available to the rest of the country. Beatrice Dias with Carnegie ...