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Topic “citizen scientist”

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2008-05-16
ITP show: Epimetheus, trees will tell you when they're on fire

[…] for deployment in public and private spaces by loosely organized groups of citizens, Epimetheus uses technology as a DIY layer on the physical environment that the citizen-scientist can deploy. By design, groups of citizens will be able to add new nodes to a pre-existing network using publicly available manuals, schematics and configuration settings. Once fully registered, an individual node will be viewable as part of a layer in Google Earth. Once viewable, the node as well as the entire […] read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: aggregate data cellular network citizen action groups critical updates design groups entire network environmental framework existing network google harsh environmental conditions original group physical environment power grid private spaces sensor networks sensor technology sensor units texting tiered approach
2008-02-23
HOW TO - Build a thermal test chamber

The Citizen Scientist has an in-depth guide to assist with the "Poorman's Space Program". The article details construction of a thermal test chamber for simulating near-space and other very low temp environments. -There are several simple tests that you should perform on an experiment before launching it into near space. One of those tests is the thermal test in which an experiment is chilled with dry ice to temperatures similar to what the experiment will experience during its […] read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: apollo article details calibration cold temperatures dry ice flight controller high altitude balloon journey of a lifetime lifetime link nasa nasa flight poorman simple tests space instruments space one space program test chamber thermal test
2008-02-02
Steam battery - breath power calculator

Interesting write up from Mark Valentine on his "steam battery" he writes - A few months ago, Forrest M. Mims III, the editor of The Citizen Scientist, received an inquiry from an upper-level physics student that led to a brief (or perhaps not so brief) account of how I discovered the "Steam Battery." Essentially, this is an arrangement that produces a voltage […] read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: calculator link electro static discharge forrest m mims hot point human breath level physics mark valentine physics student point probe power calculator probes seebeck effect silicon wafer steam battery
2008-01-11
HOW TO - Generate and identify random knots in a piece of string

The latest Citizen Scientist has a great article about knots Dorian M. Raymer! - What governs the annoying formation of random knots in strings, cords, and garden hoses? Mathematicians have studied knots for more than a century, but only in the abstract. As physicists, we have also found this to be an interesting physics problem. What is a knot? How many different knots exist? How do knots form? The word knot has several meanings. Colloquially, a knot refers to a string that is […] read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: dorian garden hoses knot physicists physics problem random knots raymer rope strand string link

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Topic “citizen scientist”

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2008-05-16

ITP show: Epimetheus, trees will tell you when they're on fire

2008-02-23

HOW TO - Build a thermal test chamber

2008-02-02

Steam battery - breath power calculator

2008-01-11

HOW TO - Generate and identify random knots in a piece of string

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