Open Air
activity:open-air

This is an open source community effort to develop a range of low-cost air quality monitoring and remediation tools. Welcome! **Join in by:** * Reading about goals and asking great questions * Trying (and critiquing) our community-made how-to guides * Posting your own how-to guides and mods * Building on others’ work; hack and remix the kits to refine and expand them * Submit your improvements for inclusion in an upcoming starter kit release or add-on * Serving on a Research Review Group for a 3 month period **** ##Resources [State-by-state](https://publiclab.org/wiki/state-by-state-info-sheets-on-indoor-air-quality) info sheets on indoor air quality assistance and governance (work in progress!) **** ##Activities [activities:open-air] **** ##Frequently Asked Questions about air quality [questions:air-quality] **** Also see http://publiclab.org/wiki/air-quality ##Additional media By @zengirl2: https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/08/09/how-to-purify-your-air-with-hacked-plants-publiclab-citizenscience/ ...


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mathew "I just bought the air pump components and a graduated cylinder to try and compare @davidmack's cheapo air meter... can't wait. I'm going to try us..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
nshapiro "I think so. Those tubes require one pump on the Draeger Tube proprietary pump. So if one were to rent their proprietary pump for a single day and a..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
sara "Exciting stuff! Do you think this method could work for other pump based tubes like these http://www.buydraegertubes.com/hydrogensulfide02b.aspx " | Read more » about 10 years ago
nshapiro "That sounds like a great idea. The flow meter remains the most expensive component so reducing this cost is clutch. This sounds like something that..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
DavidMack "The commercial air flow meters are easy to use and come with NIST traceable certificates but you can make your own air flow meter for lab use that ..." | Read more » about 10 years ago