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Post a new method to publiclab.org
Public Lab is about sharing how to do things with other people. Have a new method for collecting environmental data that you'd like to introduce? Great! This activity is for you.There are five total...
View ArticleImpressive stats from GreenHunan
Green Hunan is a civil society organization in China that organizes volunteers to monitor the watershed of the Xiang River, a major tributary of the Yangtze River. See their...
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Is using iodine a good way to determine if rice grains are real or are merely...
What I want to do or knowI was asked by community members "how can i tell if rice grains are actually rice, or, as sometimes happens in parts of the world with less stringent food inspections, if the...
View ArticleShenangoChannel.org - a dashboard for monitoring and sharing
Just saw a great presentation yesterday at EPA's Region 2 Citizen Science Forum by Amy Gottsegen of Drexel University (Gwen Ottinger's student) on http://shenangochannel.org/. CMU's CREATE Lab is also...
View ArticleEDGI FOIA event at CUNY in New York City & online
This event will be at the Center for Urban Environmental Reform, hosted by CUNY School of Law as part of the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative with Public Lab.Note: For visitors to CUNY:...
View ArticleChoose a camera for aerial photography
Image from Ebay seller Goodwill MaineReposted and updated from parts of https://publiclab.org/wiki/balloon-mapping-materials and https://publiclab.org/wiki/camera-selectionPhilosophy: these days, you...
View ArticleChoose a way to make your camera take pictures continuously
Reposted from https://publiclab.org/wiki/balloon-mapping-materialsEasiest:Choose a camera) with Continuous mode shooting (where you can just hold down the button and it takes repeated pictures), and...
View ArticleHost a balloon mapping workshop
Want to show others how to make balloon or kite maps? Need help mapping a large site or doing long-term mapping? Want to start a local group of balloon mappers? Great! FYI, this activity has been...
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Host a collaborative map drawing workshop
This is one of a series of guides for collaborative environmental research and advocacy projects. "Start Here" is about creating a picture of our place together. This guide covers how to do this with a...
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Early (2014) plant filter prototype
First prototypeThis was developed in a workshop at App State University in the fall of 2014. The setup adapts an existing pot with holes in it (this patching technique is not advised as it may...
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growing Github contributors
We made this gif of github contributor activity each year from 2013 to 2017 during March, April, and May -- that's the time period that the evaluation project is studying. The large jump in 2016 -- and...
View ArticleYour input kindly requested!
Dear everyone,We know your time is highly valuable, and so we don't ask this lightly: when you get a moment, please take 10 minutes (and a deep breath) and fill out this once-a-year member...
View ArticleJuly 12 event in Sheffield UK -- the changing face of expertise in the 21st C
Sheffield, UK:12th July panel on "The changing face of expertise in 21st C - reshaping expertise through the lens of DIY"More details coming soon, please contact the organizer @cindy_excites in the...
View ArticleIssue briefing: ultrafine particle pollution from dehydrated biosolids
lead image: co-product being dumped onto agricultural fieldsIssue briefing: ultrafine particle pollution from dehydrated biosolidsSlaughterhouses, human waste treatment plants, and other types of...
View ArticleRe-posting 2016 Dustduino report
Re-posting from the sensor journalism list: excerpt of @Willie Shubert's message from March 24, 2016:Last Friday, we put out a project history of the DustDuino pilot work in Sao Paulo. This report is...
View ArticleTim Dye's amazing timeline of the air sensor revolution
above: a canary and a coal minerVisit this timeline at http://tdenviro.com/brief-history-air-quality-sensing/
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Why does the first elevation reading show up about order of magnitude too large?
Love the nano data logger, just trying it for the first time -- noticed the first elevation reading keeps showing up 3675.56. Any reason why?
View ArticleWhat type of health issues are associated with inhalation of ultrafine...
What type of health issues are associated with inhalation of ultrafine particles?Background story:This question comes from community members in Pennsylvania who are concerned about the long term health...
View ArticleFinal posts for Google Summer of Code
Very exciting to reach the final stages of a summer full of great collaborations and meaningful progress! Please read through and add your responses on the students' evaluation submissions attached below.
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