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Public Lab's community collaboratively develops many different DIY environmental monitoring and advocacy methods.

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Public Comment

  • Last Edited: last edit by liz
  • 13 days ago
  • Total Views: 503 views
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    • Community Microscope Kit

  • Last Edited: last edit by mimiss
  • 17 days ago
  • Total Views: 2,940 views
  • Total Likes: 10

  • 22 activities  
  • 12 questions

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    • Anonymity

  • Last Edited: last edit by liz
  • 25 days ago
  • Total Views: 353 views
  • Total Likes: 5

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    • Facilitation

  • Last Edited: last edit by liz
  • 2 months ago
  • Total Views: 684 views
  • Total Likes: 5

  • 5 activities  
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    • BabyLegs

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 2 months ago
  • Total Views: 1,486 views
  • Total Likes: 5

  • 5 activities  
  • 8 questions

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    • MapKnitter

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 2 months ago
  • Total Views: 7,821 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 2 activities  
  • 12 questions

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    • Issue Briefs

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 3 months ago
  • Total Views: 738 views
  • Total Likes: 3

  • 2 activities  
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    • Testing Our Waters

  • Last Edited: last edit by TestOurWaters
  • 3 months ago
  • Total Views: 78 views
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    • Aerial photos with Passenger Pigeon

  • Last Edited: last edit by pablo
  • 3 months ago
  • Total Views: 394 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 3 activities  
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    • Raspberry Pi Infragram

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 4 months ago
  • Total Views: 1,932 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 10 activities  
  • 10 questions

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    • Coqui conductivity sensor

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 4 months ago
  • Total Views: 2,118 views
  • Total Likes: 9

  • 3 activities  
  • 9 questions

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    • MiniVol TAS Particulate Matter Monitor

  • Last Edited: last edit by Bronwen
  • 4 months ago
  • Total Views: 1,006 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 8 activities  
  • 4 questions

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    • Emery Board Terrain Survey

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 4 months ago
  • Total Views: 82 views
  • Total Likes: 0

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    • Roomba Indoor Air Quality Monitoring

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 5 months ago
  • Total Views: 909 views
  • Total Likes: 8

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    • Thermal Flashlight

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 5 months ago
  • Total Views: 723 views
  • Total Likes: 0

  • 10 activities  
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    • Pipeline Monitoring

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 5 months ago
  • Total Views: 123 views
  • Total Likes: 2

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    • Assess Turbidity in Water

  • Last Edited: last edit by liz
  • 5 months ago
  • Total Views: 1,266 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 6 activities  
  • 8 questions

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    • Start an Environmental Monitoring Study

  • Last Edited: last edit by liz
  • 6 months ago
  • Total Views: 665 views
  • Total Likes: 3

  • 0 activities  
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    • PurpleAir

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 6 months ago
  • Total Views: 1,634 views
  • Total Likes: 4

  • 3 activities  
  • 18 questions

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    • Spectral Workbench

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • 6 months ago
  • Total Views: 5,229 views
  • Total Likes: 4

  • 1 activities  
  • 86 questions

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    • Soil Sampling Toolkit

  • Last Edited: last edit by Bronwen
  • 7 months ago
  • Total Views: 331 views
  • Total Likes: 5

  • 2 activities  
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    • Nano Data Logger

  • Last Edited: last edit by cfastie
  • 10 months ago
  • Total Views: 3,115 views
  • Total Likes: 4

  • 10 activities  
  • 3 questions

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    • DIY Indoor Air Remediation Kit

  • Last Edited: last edit by liz
  • 11 months ago
  • Total Views: 1,957 views
  • Total Likes: 8

  • 2 activities  
  • 3 questions

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    • Pole Mapping Kit Instructions

  • Last Edited: last edit by ecta64
  • 11 months ago
  • Total Views: 192 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 17 activities  
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    • Balloon & Kite Mapping

  • Last Edited: last edit by stevie
  • 12 months ago
  • Total Views: 9,631 views
  • Total Likes: 6

  • 17 activities  
  • 21 questions

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    • Odor

  • Last Edited: last edit by imvec
  • about 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 603 views
  • Total Likes: 3

  • 4 activities  
  • 5 questions

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    • Noise

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • about 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 419 views
  • Total Likes: 4

  • 1 activities  
  • 5 questions

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    • Stormwater Monitoring

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • about 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 947 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 11 activities  
  • 13 questions

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    • Guides

  • Last Edited: last edit by stevie
  • about 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 1,122 views
  • Total Likes: 4

  • 1 activities  
  • 1 questions

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    • Spectrometry

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • about 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 32,200 views
  • Total Likes: 9

  • 36 activities  
  • 103 questions

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    • Infragram

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • about 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 11,591 views
  • Total Likes: 7

  • 22 activities  
  • 61 questions

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    • Water conductivity monitoring

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 728 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 6 activities  
  • 4 questions

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    • Particle Sensing

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 2,013 views
  • Total Likes: 5

  • 0 activities  
  • 9 questions

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    • Microscopes

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 2,222 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 17 activities  
  • 20 questions

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    • Image Sequencer

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 1,460 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 4 activities  
  • 6 questions

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    • WebJack

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 963 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 5 activities  
  • 2 questions

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    • Hydrogen Sulfide Copper Pipe Testing

  • Last Edited: last edit by stevie
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 1,141 views
  • Total Likes: 3

  • 5 activities  
  • 11 questions

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    • Data Logging

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 2,039 views
  • Total Likes: 6

  • 23 activities  
  • 23 questions

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    • Filter Based Monitoring of Particulate Matter

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 911 views
  • Total Likes: 1

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    • Optical Monitoring of Particulate Matter

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 1,499 views
  • Total Likes: 3

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    • Kite-Balloon Hybrid

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 2,544 views
  • Total Likes: 6

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    • Host an event

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 547 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 3 activities  
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    • Air Sampling

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 1,415 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 0 activities  
  • 6 questions

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    • Water Sensors

  • Last Edited: last edit by Nova
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 2,944 views
  • Total Likes: 5

  • 4 activities  
  • 10 questions

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    • Hydrogen Sulfide Photopaper

  • Last Edited: last edit by gretchengehrke
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 442 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 1 activities  
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    • Electronic Hydrogen Sulfide Sensors

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 1 year ago
  • Total Views: 2,104 views
  • Total Likes: 3

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    • DustDuino

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • almost 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 4,684 views
  • Total Likes: 4

  • 8 activities  
  • 14 questions

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    • Timelapse Kit

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • almost 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 616 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 14 activities  
  • 18 questions

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    • Sensor enclosures

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • almost 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 716 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 7 activities  
  • 1 questions

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    • Riffle: an Open Source Water Monitoring Approach

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • almost 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 3,760 views
  • Total Likes: 13

  • 10 activities  
  • 10 questions

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    • Reagents

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • almost 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 351 views
  • Total Likes: 0

  • 1 activities  
  • 1 questions

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    • Thermal photography

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • almost 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 3,981 views
  • Total Likes: 4

  • 3 activities  
  • 5 questions

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    • Photo Sharing

  • Last Edited: last edit by xose
  • about 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 547 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 3 activities  
  • 3 questions

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    • Water Sampling

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • about 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 942 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 1 activities  
  • 10 questions

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    • Soil Sampling

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • about 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 587 views
  • Total Likes: 3

  • 7 activities  
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    • Photo Monitoring

  • Last Edited: last edit by stevie
  • about 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 787 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 14 activities  
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    • BioBroth Bubbler

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 509 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 0 activities  
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    • Creating a Media Campaign

  • Last Edited: last edit by xose
  • over 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 409 views
  • Total Likes: 3

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    • Fido - The Raspberry Pi based Temperature Alarm that sends text messages

  • Last Edited: last edit by rjstatic
  • over 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 2,440 views
  • Total Likes: 1

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    • pDR-1500

  • Last Edited: last edit by mathew
  • over 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 597 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 2 activities  
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    • Potentiostat

  • Last Edited: last edit by dwheeler
  • over 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 6,560 views
  • Total Likes: 7

  • 3 activities  
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    • Site Survey

  • Last Edited: last edit by stevie
  • over 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 422 views
  • Total Likes: 3

  • 13 activities  
  • 2 questions

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    • KAPtery Aerial Rigs

  • Last Edited: last edit by cfastie
  • over 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 846 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 0 activities  
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    • Aerial Photography

  • Last Edited: last edit by liz
  • over 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 1,163 views
  • Total Likes: 3

  • 17 activities  
  • 9 questions

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    • Mãe d'Água

  • Last Edited: last edit by vjpixel
  • over 2 years ago
  • Total Views: 1,268 views
  • Total Likes: 7

  • 0 activities  
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    • Multispectral imaging

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • almost 3 years ago
  • Total Views: 4,368 views
  • Total Likes: 3

  • 28 activities  
  • 18 questions

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    • Conducting a Literature Review

  • Last Edited: last edit by gretchengehrke
  • about 3 years ago
  • Total Views: 389 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 0 activities  
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    • Conducting and Writing a Health Effects Literature Review

  • Last Edited: last edit by gretchengehrke
  • about 3 years ago
  • Total Views: 237 views
  • Total Likes: 0

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    • Guide to doing a technology review

  • Last Edited: last edit by mathew
  • over 3 years ago
  • Total Views: 87 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 0 activities  
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    • Refinery Watching

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • almost 4 years ago
  • Total Views: 443 views
  • Total Likes: 6

  • 0 activities  
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    • Pole Mapping

  • Last Edited: last edit by natalie
  • over 4 years ago
  • Total Views: 964 views
  • Total Likes: 0

  • 3 activities  
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    • Gardening Toolkit

  • Last Edited: last edit by warren
  • over 4 years ago
  • Total Views: 663 views
  • Total Likes: 5

  • 0 activities  
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    • Water Quality Sensor

  • Last Edited: last edit by Dana
  • about 6 years ago
  • Total Views: 7,597 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 0 activities  
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    • Air Column Monitor

  • Last Edited: last edit by liz
  • over 6 years ago
  • Total Views: 3,141 views
  • Total Likes: 1

  • 0 activities  
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    • Portable Energy Scavenging Kit

  • Last Edited: last edit by donblair
  • almost 7 years ago
  • Total Views: 429 views
  • Total Likes: 0

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    • Home Testing for Endocrine Disruptors

  • Last Edited: last edit by liz
  • almost 7 years ago
  • Total Views: 2,475 views
  • Total Likes: 4

  • 0 activities  
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    • Balloon Telemetry Kit

  • Last Edited: last edit by mathew
  • about 7 years ago
  • Total Views: 828 views
  • Total Likes: 2

  • 0 activities  
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    • Stereo Camera

  • Last Edited: last edit by mathew
  • about 7 years ago
  • Total Views: 1,321 views
  • Total Likes: 0

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