Scientists use smartphones to improve dismal rating of nation's civil infrastructure

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.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190211163956.htm

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