shan...@publiclaboratory.org> wrote:
> A quick Sunday morning update from the Public Lab community for everyone!
> Event announcements for Vermont, New York, California and Louisiana, new
> maps in the archive and introductions to new sites and projects.

> 1. *Barn Raising open invite. *We sent out a "formal" invite to the
> Public Lab barn raising in November. If you missed the email, find
> information here<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/shannon/9-13-2012/2012-public-lab-b...>
> .

> 2. *LEAFFEST is next weekend! *For those of you in Vermont (or who want
> to travel there), please let Chris Fastie know ASAP if you plan on
> attending by registering on the Google Form<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/cfastie/9-5-2012/l-e-f-f-e-s-t>
> .
> *
> *
> 3. *Grassroots Mapping Forum on Breadpig.* If you didn't get the most
> current issue of the Grassroots Mapping Forum, it is now available for
> sale on Breadpig<http://breadpig.com/products/grassroots-mapping-forum-issue-2>.

> *
> *
> 4. *Wrap-up of the UMass Amherst open science hardware workshop.* Don
> Blair sent an email<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/publiclaboratory/t8WdfSwDG7U>earlier this week with a wrap-up, photos and information about the newly
> formed Pioneer Valley Open Science organization (congrats!).

> 5. *150 maps in the archive!* I was planning on posting the links for new
> maps in this email, but then realized that there are twenty-six new ones,
> so I suggest taking a browse through the Public Lab archive<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/9-12-2012/150-maps-publi...>instead. Great to see maps from new places in Canada, the United States,
> Scotland, the Netherlands, Colombia, Slovenia, Greece, Australia and Spain.

> 6. *Kickstarter Update. *Check out the assembly pictures<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/9-12-2012/assembly-pics-prot...>of a prototype "counter" spectrometer posted this past week.
> *
> *
> 5.* Balloon mapping workshop in Los Angeles. *Stewart Long will be
> leading a workshop<http://machineproject.com/archive/classwork/2012/09/23/public-labs-ma...>on September 23rd at Machine Project.

> 6. *New sites and projects.* Two new place pages have been started for
> groups that are developing chapters of Public Lab, a big welcome to
> Vermont <http://publiclaboratory.org/place/vermont> and Skane, Sweden<http://publiclaboratory.org/place/skane-sweden>!
> Public Lab is also helping Groundwork New Orleans with a project in the
> Lower 9th Ward<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/groundwork-nola/9-13-2012/green-sli...>of New Orleans, mapping a corridor called the Green Slice.

> 7.* Upcoming events in New York City.* A couple of workshops will be
> taking place, one about dance and ecology<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/liz/9-13-2012/above-so-below-higher...>on September 23rd and a workshop on the basics
> of balloon photography and map stitching<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/liz/9-11-2012/art-environment-action>at Parsons the New School for Design on September 28 and 29. Both are free
> to attend, but you need to register (information on the pages).
> 8. *New Orleans Water Challenge.* If you are in New Orleans, check out
> the call for applications for the 2012 Water Challenge<http://ideavillage.org/what_we_do/strategic_consulting/strategic_chal...>(figuring out innovative solutions for how we live with water) from The
> Idea Village and the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

> 9. *Public Lab media. *A PBS MediaShift Idea Lab blog post on spectrometry<http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/09/public-lab-uses-kickstarter-to-bri...>and a great case
> study on the origins of the Public Lab project
> <http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/case-study-grassroots-mapping>from
> Kickstarter were published this past week.

> 10. *Public Lab fall cleaning.* Server cleaning that is. Here's an update<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/9-10-2012/new-servers-long-t...>on the new server racks for long-term Public Lab data archiving.

> 11. *Research notes*
> Designing a spectrometer in the 1nm range for <10$<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/tof/9-9-2012/designing-spectrometer...>(posted by ToF)
> Cuvette/test-tube holder possibilities<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/beckman/9-9-2012/cuvettetest-tube-h...>(posted by beckman)
> Remote temperature sensing<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/cfastie/9-14-2012/remote-temperatur...>(posted by fastie)
> Call it Delta, maybe<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/astoicof/9-12-2012/call-it-delta-maybe>(posted by astoicof)

> If anything was missed, please email the list, post a research note or
> send information for inclusion in the next newsletter to
> shan...@publiclaboratory.org. Have a great Sunday, Shannon

> --
> Shannon Dosemagen
> Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science
> publiclaboratory.org
> @PublicLab

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