How can we adjust the volume of the coqui?
Currently the speaker is very quiet, and i'm wondering how to raise it. It also crossed my mind that if it is made louder in the future, perhaps someone might want to lower it! Thank you.
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I sometimes enjoy the high frequency sounds of the coqui, but sometimes it's so high i actually can't hear it at all. I remember a former version of the coqui that was slowed down so much you could...
View ArticleTreating policy as code
There are some discussions going on about how we might approach environmental regulation as a community -- understanding it, critiquing it, improving it -- here are my thoughts:Many folks are familiar...
View ArticleSave the Date Feb 22-24! Houston-Galveston Barnraising
Barnraisings are the closest thing we have to a Public Lab conference -- but with an emphasis on "doing stuff together." At a Barnraising, people from different backgrounds and different skill sets...
View ArticleEvent: Clean Air Council + Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Posting on behalf of the rural Pennsylvania community:Join us this Saturday to discuss the impact of 4 years of waste dumping in our rural community with the Clean Air Council + Delaware Riverkeeper...
View ArticleHas anyone used EPA's RETIGO to upload air quality data?
Back in 2016, there was an Open Hour about RETIGO, the EPA's "REAL-TIME GEOSPATIAL DATA VIEWER" (RETIGO) data platform -- has anyone tried viewing their data through this, or uploading their data to...
View ArticleWhat happens if I inhale too much formaldehyde?
Re-posting for a community member in Pennsylvania:>What are the symptoms of over exposure of too much inhalation of formaldehyde? Thanks!
View ArticleReport: 2019 Software Contributors Survey
Public Lab has received support for students to work on Public Lab software projects via Google's Summer of Code program -- 2019 is our sixth great year of open source coding with GSoC! In 2017 and...
View ArticleSearch in 2019
above: mockup of a new Search interfaceHi everyone!Do you search for content on PublicLab.org? Do you search for Public Lab content using other search engines?Many people contribute to Search on...
View Articlemusings on conflict resilience
As i'm preparing to shepherd a revision process for our 2016 Code of Conduct, a metaphor came to mind that i'd like to share out early in order to get your feedback.A phrase from emergency management...
View ArticleWhat are recommended privacy protection guidelines for minors engaging in...
What are recommended privacy protection guidelines for minors engaging in Public Lab online?As we prepare to welcome more youth into the Public Lab online community, we are reviewing what we have in...
View ArticleSlidedeck for environmental lawyers
Here is a basic Public Lab deck with messaging tuned towards presenting to environmental lawyers.To make it cute, i created a couple of Award Categories for community-collected data, which gave me the...
View ArticleArticle comparing the effectiveness of recently passed lead exposure...
Very good article that compares, contrasts, and analyzes the effectiveness of housing-based primary prevention policies—laws that aim to identify and fix lead hazards before children become...
View ArticleEnvironmental bounty hunting on idling commercial vehicles
"Thanks to a new law, any New Yorker with a cell phone and some time to kill can report on idling commercial vehicles, and earn thousands of dollars doing it."Law 717A (also referred to as Local Law...
View ArticleHow can we build this wind turbine to power lights?
posting on behalf of @MustaphaHow can we build a wind turbine to power lights? Our refugee camp in Lebanon which houses Palestinians, Lebanese, and Syrians has narrow streets which need lighting.Here...
View ArticleIs there a way to make a cheaper "UV Hound"?
I'm posting on behalf of the amazing Houston organizer Bryan Parras, who shared some insights with me on the phone the other day.In a settlement from a lawsuit against local industry, decorated Port...
View ArticleAnyone had experience with the PTrak 8525 for ultrafine particles?
Has anyone has experience using the PTrak 8525 to measure ultrafine particles in indoor air? We have a community member using this piece of equipment for that purpose:...
View ArticleDo you have experience using a gas chromatograph?
Has anyone has experience with using a gas chromatograph? If so, we'd love to hear about it!Gas chromatographs came up during this month's OpenHour (November 2019). Chris Nidel (also a guest on June...
View ArticleUnearthing PVD Map Content
This is a collection of the map content for the https://publiclab.org/wiki/unearthing-pvd project!
View ArticleCall for Outreachy 2020 proposals!
With support from the DIAL Open Source Center, we're again part of Outreachy -- which recruits software contributors to work on open source projects:Outreachy provides three-month internships to work...
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