Upcoming mappings, project updates and a wide range of research notes--
from using a balloon string winder with a cordless drill to building a
"corset-chiton" for the balloon used in the air column monitor-- here's the
weekly updates from the Public Lab community!
1. On Monday, May 7th, there will be *mapping at Saugus
Landfill*(Boston-area), as a follow-up to a mapping trip in October
2011 <http://mapknitter.org/map/view/saugus-incinerator-landfill>. For more
information about the mapping, read on
here<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/plots-boston/tbh8mrVcs2I/disc...>
.
2. Currently the *balloon mapping
kits<http://shop.breadpig.com/collections/publiclaboratory/products/balloo...>are
sold out
*! They are being restocked this week and back orders will be shipped out
by early next week. Yesterday, Public Lab announced a new
price<http://groups.google.com/group/publiclaboratory/browse_thread/thread/...>on
the kits.
3. On Tuesday, the Public Lab community joined the crowd at the *May Day
protests* in New York City to try out live streaming of the
event<http://www.ustream.tv/user/PublicLaboratory>.
The use of aerial mapping at the protest was covered yesterday by The
Verge<http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2994140/occupy-grassroots-mapping-ae...>
.
4. Toxics Action Center (TAC), a New England non-profit that has been
organizing with communities to clean-up pollution for the last twenty-five
years, submitted a *two-year grant for a collaborative project with Public
Lab* in Vermont. The project with train TAC staffers and Vermont
communities how to use Public Lab tools and work with Public Lab data to
achieve results for their communities in pollution prevention and clean-up.
5. Last week, Public Lab staff member, Adam Griffith, presented a
poster<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/adam-griffith/5-3-2012/geologists-t...>on
data lifecycles in Vienna at the
*annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union*.
6. The *PBS MediaShift IdeaLab blog* published a post written by Stewart
Long, "How we got here: the road to Public Lab's map
project"<http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/05/how-we-got-here-the-road-to-public...>
.
7. A few randomly selected research note highlights from the week:
Powered string winder for
balloons<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/natevw/5-3-2012/powered-string-wind...>(posted
by natevw)
Endurance of visible/NIR camera and
timer<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/cfastie/5-3-2012/endurance-visiblen...>(posted
by cfastie)
Sketches for "corset-chiton" idea for pufferfish
mod<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/eustatic/5-2-2012/sketches-corset-c...>(posted
by eustatic)
No output signal on IR kit
timer<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/cfastie/5-2-2012/no-output-signal-i...>(posted
by cfastie)
Spectrometer alignment
ideas<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/5-1-2012/spectrometer-alignm...>(posted
by warren)
Gowanus Canal salt lot kit
mapping<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/eymund-diegel/4-30-2012/gowanus-can...>(posted
by Eymund Diegel)
Save the Bay, Providence, RI
map<http://publiclaboratory.org/map/save-bay-providence-rhode-island/2011...>(from
map archive)
As always, email with any questions! Have a great weekend, Shannon
--
Shannon Dosemagen
Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science
504.239.4642
publiclaboratory.org
