Public Lab Launches a Kickstarter for a Homebrew Oil Testing Kit
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2014Public Lab Launches a Kickstarter for a Homebrew Oil Testing KitNew Do-It-Yourself kit "fingerprints" oil contamination by typeNEW ORLEANS, LA --...
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Gowanus All Day
Pics from Saturday September 27th:treacherous conditions for a big red balloon:6 people, two canoes, two cameras, two tethers on one giant balloon:traveling two by two:the very top of the canal where...
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How to process infragram images
What I want to doProcess this raw infragram, taken by a hand-converted infrablue camera (originally beinging to Jeff Warren:This image was taken by community gardeners who have set up an experiment...
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The garden mapping goes on despite cracking carbon fiber
September 30, 2014 Green Garden Community Garden mapping in Newark, NJ. Depicted above, Frank and the experimental bed of collards (half mulched, half unmulched).So last week, we had a bit of a...
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Forgotten stream hypothesis and proof of concept dye tracing in Gowanus Canal...
What I want to doSeptember 7, 2014This note documents Eymund's work on making the groundwater--hypothesized to be Vechtes Brook--flowing out of the 5th Street basin landfill more visible. Already, its...
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next attempts at dye tracing
What I want to doSeptember 27, 2014This note documents Eymund's dye tracing experiments at two sites.Site 1: new wetlands on edge of the salt lotEymund showing that the dye--as proxy for...
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Newtown Creek EPA Superfund CAG meeting
Above: CAG co-chairs Mike Schade opening the meeting.This note documents the events at the October 1, 2014 meeting. Specifically, the sections documenting the EPA presentation are intended to provide a...
View ArticleDecolonized Skies at Apexart
Event detailshttp://apexart.org/events/diy-drones.phphttps://www.facebook.com/events/316339381879624/In conjunction with the exhibition Decolonized Skies organized by High&Low Bureau (Yael Messer...
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Public Lab workshops at International Conference of Crisis Mappers
Thursday November 6, there are all day Public Lab workshops leading up to the International Conference of Crisis Mappers. These will require registration, stay tuned for exact details!Location: 80 5th...
View ArticleReport back on Creative Commons Sensor licensing workshop
To evaluate current open hardware licensing and explore gaps specifically facing distributed sensor technology and its data integrity, Creative Commons drafted a white paper and a held one day...
View ArticleNewtown Creek Alliance public meeting
Posting on behalf of Willis Elkins:Event detailsNovember 19, 2014, 7 pm to 9pm McCarren Park Community Room 776 Lorimer Street Brooklyn, NY 11222BackgroundFor folks not attending the Gowanus LTCP...
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DIY Kit Design Strategies for participation
While working with @mathew on cutting out some new spectrometer prototypes, an interesting question came up:What kind of design strategies for DIY Kits are best for community engagement?There seem to...
View ArticleValuing two modes of Public Lab activities
Lead image by DVDPEver come across this situation?Public Lab Member X wants to try a bunch of new techniques, but getting pushback from Member Y, who wants to promote the work, but is worried that X...
View ArticleCitizen Science Investigations on the Waterfront
Event detailsUrban planner and citizen-scientist Eymund Diegel has used kites, helium-filled balloons, and inexpensive cameras for the aerial photography that has helped him chart the environmental...
View ArticleHaze over chilly Manhattan
Is this haze from heavy oils being burned, like the infamous Heating Oil #6?"New Yorkers burn more than 1 billion gallons of heating oil every year which accounts for nearly 14% of fine particulate...
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How about a book club on "Are we all scientific experts now?"
I picked up this great book by Harry Collins last fall after the 2015 Barnraising. It was recommended to me by @philipsilva after the lively conversation on the role of expertise in community science....
View Articleour values are related to and distinct from basic peer production
Back in the fall, Public Lab organizers worked on a values statement for Public Lab.Learning, inquiry, knowledge production, disseminationCollaboration and coming together across space and...
View ArticlePublic Lab featured in White House Citizen Science announcements
The US White House is holding its annual Science Fair this week and is celebrating all sorts of commitments to STEM education and citizen science. Public Lab is highlighted for increasing the ability...
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5th Anniversary call for memories!
Hi, all! Jeff and I spent a little time remembering some of our favorite moments from over the past 5 years.We'd like to ask people to share a moment they treasure in working with Public Lab -- either...
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April 12 Newtown Creek balloon mapping pics
Willis shows the camera rig:The incredible bubble box bike -- who made this???Two canoes:Hugging the bulkhead:Peter Tiso contemplates habitat potential of submerged tire:pro moves:more pro...
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