This week in the Public Lab community newsletter, join the Public Lab nonprofit team, check out updates on air quality monitoring projects and join the largest Barnraising yet in a couple of weeks. Enjoy!

Announcements

The Public Lab nonprofit is hiring! We’re looking for a Data Ambassador to join the team full time and an Administrative Coordinator to join us part time. More information on both jobs can be found here: http://publiclab.org/wiki/public-lab-jobs

Did you know that Friday was a Public Lab's anniversary? One year ago we received our 501(c)3 tax exempt status! Celebrate with us by becoming a Public Lab sustaining member today! http://publiclab.org/donate

Upcoming events

Join Public Labbers in Menomonie, Wisconsin for DustHack on October 27th to brainstorm techniques for dust sensing: http://publiclab.org/notes/stevie/10-17-2014/dusthack-event-menomonie-wisconsin

During the International Conference of Crisis Mappers in NYC, November 6-9, join Public Lab for two workshops: http://publiclab.org/notes/liz/10-12-2014/public-lab-workshops-at-international-conference-of-crisis-mappers

The Fall Public Lab Barnraising will be November 14-16 in Cocodrie, LA. Save the date and sign up today! http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising

Join us for OpenHour, Monday November 3rd at 8:00pm EST for a discussion gearing up for the Barnraising!

Mark your calendar for the next Toolshed raising Saturday, December 6 at Parts and Crafts in Somerville, MA, featuring short presentations, open working time, and workshops on Public Lab projects and anything related. RSVP here: http://publiclab.org/notes/Hudonnoodles/10-10-2014/toolshed-raising-on-saturday-december-6

New and ongoing projects

Hagit Keysar and Liat Brix-Etgar share their presentation from the OpenHardware Summit: http://publiclab.org/notes/hagitkeysar/10-19-2014/a-matter-of-scale-civil-architecture-and-open-hardware

Updates from recent mapping work in New Orleans at urban restoration sites: the “Blitz” report, NOCCA mapping at City Park and Mapping the Nature Center.

Have you been following the WhereWeBreathe project? Check out an update from Nick Shapiro on the hardware: http://publiclab.org/notes/nshapiro/10-20-2014/diy-indoor-air-quality-remediation

Frac sand mining in ten minutes, from Mathew Lippincott (with the help of many on the Public Lab Midwest list): http://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/10-22-2014/frac-sand-in-10-minutes

An Intellectual Property primer, in the works from Public Lab Organizer Bronwen: http://publiclab.org/notes/bronwen/10-21-2014/intellectual-property-primer-work-in-progress

Aerial mapping invasive water chestnuts in Amherst, MA to help with city planning: http://publiclab.org/notes/aferland/10-21-2014/aerial-balloon-mapping

Thinking through how to identify asbestos fiber: http://publiclab.org/notes/amysoyka/10-24-2014/scanning-sticky-tape and http://publiclab.org/notes/el_tonio/10-25-2014/airborne-asbestos-detection

Research Note highlights

• Do you guys retract the kite balloon line manually? (posted by madapeti. This note presents a question about mapping. Can you help answer it?)
• Attaching a camera to a wooden picavet using nails and elastics (posted by TedF)
• SpectralWorkbench previewing and clipping warnings (posted by warren)
• Passing light through an object (posted by amysoyka)
• Report back on Creative Commons sensor licensing workshop (posted by liz)
• CFL detection by contract for auto calibration (posted by warren)

Public Lab in the media

Check out the work of Public Lab Organizers featured in this Newsweek article on “how civic science is changing environmentalism”: http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/31/how-civic-science-changing-environmentalism-279777.html

If anything was missed please post a research note or email the list. Hope everyone had a great weekend, Shannon

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