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The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science Receives Support for Expanding Civic Science Programs

by warren on June 22, 2011 - 14:30
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Dear Grassroots Mappers / Public Laboratory community:

We have some great news to share: the Public Laboratory for Open Technology & Science has just been awarded a Knight News Challenge grant to support citizen-based, grassroots data gathering and research.

We are grateful to be working with all of you and want to let you know that we will be focused on further developing our hardware and software tools, and supporting on-the-ground initiatives.

Air Column Monitor

The air column monitor is currently in early phases of development. The April 2012 EcoHackII at Parsons in NYC will bring together a group of developers, scientists, data visualizers and activists to work on the initial design. This tool is being developed as a partnership between Public Lab and the AirQualityEgg/Sensemakers community.

Some brainstorming has been conducted on this page: http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/ecohackii

Abstract for pitching the project at EcoHackII:

Water Hackathon NYC Scribble Feed

by Shannon on March 27, 2012 - 09:40
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Public Lab co-sponsored the Water Hackathon in NYC this past weekend with Pachube and Ushahidi. To follow the event over the weekend, Heather Leson from Ushahidi set-up a Scribble site for feed from each day that you can check out here: http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/Water_Hackathon

Mapping movement in Union Square NYC

by Shannon on March 27, 2012 - 09:10
new-york-city, balloon-mapping,

More images from the event can be found here (as well as images from the Water Quality Hackathon that Public Lab co-sponsored with Pachube and Ushahidi: http://www.flickr.com/photos/recordandremember/sets/72157629295267674/)

Video idea for thermal fishing bob in Gowanus

by liz on March 2, 2012 - 12:43
new-york-city, thermal-photography,

From Eymund:
I'm going to be doing a canoe test run of our new thermal mapping device either Saturday or Sunday evening. (March 3/4 2012)

Let me know if a cold night time cruise is something you are interested in.

The idea is to eventually create a Dredger's / Conservancy "Art" film, showing sewer overflows as glowing red light on the Canal.

Also we want to highlight in green light where fresh water streams go into the Canal, and potential opportunities.

On Long Exposure Photography

by C_Eich on March 1, 2012 - 20:18
new-york-city, thermal-photography, photography,

Long exposure photography has a lot of artistic and scientific potential. Even when its use is scientific, the practice is an art, simple in principle yet depending on a sensitive eye and soft touch. I am writing here a general overview of long exposure photography for still cameras, not for video or webcams using Glow Doodle.

GLAM imagery used in zoning discussion

by liz on February 29, 2012 - 11:55
new-york-city, balloon-mapping,

The caption reads: "Photograph provided by Eymund Diegel taken July 2011 of Whole Foods Site by the Gowanus Canal Conservancy's 'Gowanus Low Altitude Mapping program' (Liberty Industrial Gases donated the balloons helium used to take the shot)"

http://www.gowanusyourfaceoff.com/2012/02/28/whole-foods-gets-variance/

Gowanus - Brooklyn, NY - NRG

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Gowanus - Brooklyn, NY - IR

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Leif Percifield
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Gowanus - Brooklyn, NY

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Eymund Diegel
Hans Hesselein
Liz Barry
Leif Percifield
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Liz Barry
Leif Percifield
Stewart Long
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