The Makani Science sensor is a result of over 10 years of research at the University of California, Irvine by Dr. Michelle Khine. Her vision for a easily accessible monitor for breathing came as a result of an event that involved her baby son who had a collapsed lung. With all the monitors he had on him, nothing was monitoring his breathing sufficiently to detect this serious problem! With co-founder Dr. Michael Chu, the Makani Respiratory Sensor was born. We believe we can make monitoring breathing accessible to everyone.