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mathew "awesome! " | Read more » almost 9 years ago
mathew "I don't see any images of them running the device-- seems like they demoed it under glass in January. it looks like a non-functional prototype. is..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
mathew "@jefffalk @marlokeno interested in your thoughts on this plan. " | Read more » almost 9 years ago
mathew "That candle protector is a great way to picture how this sensor works! I think the tiny grate on top of the sensor itself does something similar. ..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
mathew " Usually gravimetric tests are done on particles after they have been captured in the field. Given environmental vibrations, it sounds tough to pi..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
mathew "I've been operating on the assumption that the EPA/ISO standard = PM2.5. I guess this is an etymology question. which came first: PM2.5 or the EP..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "maintenance is an issue-- look at these dylos monitors in China building up particulates http://aqicn.org/faq/2013-10-21/dylos-air-particule-conter..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "@donblair-- the author doesn't seem to understand the terminology in use. The conclusions are based on a misunderstanding of what PM2.5 actually m..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "From the literature on stickypads, concentrations of particles smaller than the resolution of the scanned image can be roughly estimated by albedo ..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "you can always try Fluxtream, although I don't know how you get the data in there on windows. actually I do-- make Don do it! " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "do you want me to make an .xls file from the .odf file? i'm not sure the date translation will work, but the dates are int he odf I made. " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "right-- and with an SLR the image capture would be much faster than waiting for a scanner. " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "Thanks to Bea at CMU CREATELab for the blog cross-post ! My followup post on moving Speck data into Fluxtream to visualize data. " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "I found a scanner, the Canon 9000F and 9000F MKII, with an optical resolution of 9600dpi and an interpolated resolution of 19200dpi, or pixels 2.6μ..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "Ok. Updated. the situation is better than I thought. A 4800dpi scanner could definitely give straight PM10 measurements, possibly with identifica..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "Ok-- apparently my math is all wrong. I thought DPI was dots per square inch. this is completely wrong. it is dots that can be placed in a line o..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "@eustatic in a bit, lets get something working first ;-) @warren A smartphone would definitely work for identifying silica! its just a matter of m..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago