kite anemometers
Written with Ecta64. Archived 4th of March 2018 from Publiclab.org. Kite anemometers on this site, and on Github.
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determining wind direction with a kite and compass
During PM hotspot monitoring, we launched a small kite to take wind direction measurements above the tree height. These measurements were usually about 10-15...
rubber band and PET bottle camera rig
The PET bottle rig has two components– the modified bottle and a rubber band harness for the inside. Small construction details differ for phones, small cam...
Enforcing Stormwater Permits Along the Mystic River with Google Street View
In 2015 the New America Foundation asked me and Shannon Dosemagen to write a chapter for their Drone Primer on the politics of mapping and surveillance. I wo...
flight report Aerobee Rig panoramas and pratfalls
Last week I got a chance to test out an old favorite of mine– flying off wind with asymmetrical tails, and added a recent acquisition– the KAPtery Aerobee Ri...
notes on assembling the Aerobie Rig
I purchased an Aerobee rig from the KAPtery because I’m real excited about the Jerk Pan mechanism. Our unpredictable late spring rains (its still spring in...
three-class mapping module at Trillium Charter School
What I want to do Teach three blocks of 50 minutes each on grassroots mapping to a collection of 6-8th graders in Grace Hwang’s Art of Politics elective at T...
removing a raspberry pi camera IR filter: learn from my mistakes
What I want to do I wanted to remove the IR filter from the Raspberry Pi Camera.
scripting a Raspberry Pi to boot and shoot timelapse photos
What I want to do I wanted to setup my Raspberry Pi to automatically boot and start shooting photos, so I could use it for aerial photography. I’d previously...
IR/visible light camera dreams & parts
I’ve been trying to envision what an Visible Light/IR camera would look like as a product. the sketch above is of a weatherproof tupperware-like case with a...
inspirational delta kites
From the kite plans database–
Solar hot air balloons
Archived 4th of March 2018 from Publiclab.org. Header photo credit: Matthew Coolidge.
using kites as atmospheric wind meters
Archived 4th of March 2018 from Publiclab.org. Kite anemometers on this site, and on Github.
Mutoscope for Fernando, on the SIP Blog
My work for the Public Laboratory is partially funded by a grant from the Shpilman Institute for Photography, who’ve featured my Mutoscope on their blog. Gr...
My summer, generalizations only.
Its been so long since an update. I Spent my summer between Switzerland, studying sanitation with Cewas and Butte, Montana working on community mapping in C...
Public Laboratory wins a grant from the Knight News Challenge!
At the** Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science**, of which I’m a co-founder, we’ve just been awarded $500,000 by the Knight Foundation. Congrats ...