Stanford University and the Environmental ##tech Fund have launched the Mobile Monitoring Challenge ( MMC ) , inviting scientists and engineers to participate in their search for mobile technology to detect methane leaks by 31 October . The move highlighted the success of the mobile Detectors project , which led to the pilot testing of a static device developed by Quanta3 . The MMC aims to spotlight ideas for " low - cost , reliable , and valid " technologies that can be used on the move and off - site . ExxonMobil is among the advisers to the MMC project .
Stanford University and the Environmental Defense Fund have launched the Mobile Monitoring Challenge (MMC), inviting scientists and engineers to send in their ideas for mobile technology to detect methane leaks by 31 October. The move follows the success of the Methane Detectors Challenge, which led to the pilot testing of a static device developed by Quanta3. The MMC aims to spotlight ideas for "low-cost, reliable, and valid" technologies that can be used on the move and off-site. ExxonMobil is among the advisers to the MMC project.