Greetings! Lots of great news this week as we welcome a new Public Lab
intern, begin hosting MapKnitter learning sessions via Skype, continue our
hot pursuit for helium sources and wrap up the first field test of
photostrips for sensing hydrogen sulfide. Enjoy!
1) *Last call for Sunday kite workshop in NYC! *Join Public Lab to learn
about bamboo and tyvek kite and solar
balloon<http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/bambootyvek-kite-and-solar-balloon-c...>construction
in Brooklyn this weekend.
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2)* Pilot hydrogen sulfide photostrip test in Bayou Sauvage, LA. *Last week
Saturday, with me completely unaware of a tropical storm that was supposed
to head toward Louisiana, Scott Eustis and I put out photostrips in film
canisters at Bayou Sauvage during the first field test of the strips. You
can read a research note here on the
protocol<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/shannon/6-22-2012/h2s-test-experime...>Sara
and I developed before the test (majorly modified once we actually got
to the marsh), a research note on setting the strips
out<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/eustatic/6-23-2012/h2s-strip-placem...>,
and since we ended up not getting the storm, one on collecting them after
four days had passed<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/eustatic/6-28-2012/h2s-retrieval-ba...>
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3) *Welcome to Elaine Choi! *Elaine will be working as an Intern with Liz
Barry during the summer. She is currently a student at Parsons New School
for Design in the Integrated Design Program under the Urban track. She is
interested in learning about Public Lab design processes and how to
approach and find solutions to existing design problems with Public Lab
tools.
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4) *Get help learning to use MapKnitter. *Stewart Long will be offering Skype
sessions on using
MapKnitter<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/6-29-2012/help-learning-...>,
whether you need a quick introduction or help on a specific project.
5) *Locating helium in your community. *There has been alot of conversation
recently about where to find helium (and I feel like I spend a great amount
of time advocating for party supply stores) so we put together a page on
the website <http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/helium> where people can list
places that they get their helium tanks refilled or where they can rent
tanks. If you have information for your area, please help out your fellow
mappers and contribute.*
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6) Public Lab participation in Understanding Risk Forum. I'll be traveling
over the next week to Cape Town, South Africa to participate on a
panel<http://www.understandrisk.org/ur/>with folks from a number of
different organizations including OpenStreetMap
Humanitarian team and Ushahidi.
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7) *Grassroots Modernism article from Public Lab now available.* Public Lab
staff wrote an article for the Grassroots Modernism issue of the Journal of
Aesthetics and Protest. Copies are now available for
purchase<http://joaap.org/issue8presale.html>or you can read the full
length article on their website<http://joaap.org/issue8/GrassrootsMapping.htm>.
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*8) Last, but not least, research notes from the past week: *
*New map from Nags Head Beach, North
Carolina<http://publiclaboratory.org/map/nags-head-beach-north-carolina/2011-0...>(posted
by gonzoearth, map by Gena Wirth)
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*Alaska Range balloon
mapping<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/cfastie/6-24-2012/alaska-range-ball...>(posted
by cfastie)
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*FABAoutfit derivative KAP
rig<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/jbreen/6-23-2012/fabaoutfit-derivat...>(posted
by jbreen)
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*Pictures of balloon mapping in Union Square
NY<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/ceich/6-28-2012/pictures-balloon-ma...>(posted
by C_Eich)
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*Amsterdam Kite
Satellite<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/keimpe/6-29-2012/amsterdam-kite-sat...>(posted
by keimpe)
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Have a great weekend everyone! As always, if you have additional news to
share, please email it out to the listserve, post a research note or send
it to shan...@publiclaboratory.org for inclusion in the newsletter next
week.
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Shannon Dosemagen
Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science
publiclaboratory.org
@PublicLab
