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Open-source self-made sensors show high potential in river research

The adoption of open-hardware technology is changing current river research monitoring practices, reducing the need for scientists to allocate large portions of their budgets to expensive instrumentation.

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Fig. 1: Open-hardware cycle.

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Droujko, J., Molnar, P. Open-source self-made sensors show high potential in river research. Nat Water 1, 758–759 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00122-4

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