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[PLOTS] SPECTROMETER THOUGHTS

On an airplane in Europe, I had a great conversation with Dr. G. Tempea, a laser physicist,

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Spectral samples at a...

In Louisiana we're interested in using the spectrometer to look at smokestacks from chemical

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Aerial mapping used in "...

Cool! "McMillion is planning to disseminate cameras to locals and help them tell their own

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Serval

I just checked in on the Serval Project <[link]> to see what they've been up to (Serval

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Research notes for butte

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Selecting Kite Flight Launch Sites in Centerville

by: Olivia

10 weeks 5 days ago

Before we began working with Mathew Lippincott’s Tyvek kite designs in Butte, we had already been...

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Tags: butte

Grassroots Mapping in Butte Goes Analog

by: mathew

20 weeks 1 day ago

This article was co-written by Olivia Everett, Butte site coordinator for Public Laboratory. It was...

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Towards a Tyvek & Bamboo Delta Kit

by: mathew

25 weeks 4 days ago

The goal: to build a low-wind kite that's easy to build and costs less than $10 in materials. This...

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Tags: butte, portland

Tyvek Fleds, Theoretical & Actual Performance

by: mathew

38 weeks 4 days ago

I've built a series of three Fled Kites out of Tyvek housewrap and bamboo. The most recent I built...

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splitting bamboo for kites

by: mathew

39 weeks 6 days ago

Bamboo is a great kite making material. It grows in poor soils and is competitive with Fiberglass...

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Tags: butte