##Awards##

2013: [Buckminster Fuller Challenge Finalist](http://bfi-internal.org/challenge/2013Announcements/2013SemiFinalists.html)

2013: [NBC Universal and The Feast RevUp 2050 Challenge Finalist](http://feastongood.com/2013/conference/revup)

2013: [Netexplo 100 2013](http://en.www.netexplo.org/palmares/2013/top100) for the Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit

2011:[Prix Ars Electronica Runner-Up in Digital Communities](http://www.aec.at/prix/en/)

2011: [Knight Foundation Knight News Challenge](http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/knight-foundation-media-innovation-contest-announc/)

##Publications##

"Civic, Citizen and Grassroots Science: Towards a transformative scientific research model". Dosemagen, S., M. Lippincott, L. Barry, D. Blair, J. Breen. 2013. Eds. Offenhuber, Dietmar, and Katja Schechtner. Accountability Technologies - Tools for Asking Hard Questions. Vienna, New York: Springer. 

"Grassroots Mapping: Creating a participatory map-making process centered on discourse" [Journal of Aesthetics and Protest: Issue 8- Grassroots Modernism](http://www.joaap.org/issue8/GrassrootsMapping.htm)- Shannon Dosemagen, Jeff Warren, & Sara Wylie, 12/1/11

"From Grassroots Mapping to a Public Laboratory" [Citizen Science Quarterly vol. 1](http://citizensciencequarterly.com/) - Adam Griffith, Jeffrey Warren, & Sara Wylie, 3/29/11

"Neogeographic approach to inexpensive oil spill mapping" [Directions Magazine](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/neogeographic-approach-to-inexpensive-oil-spil-mapping/131048) - Jeffrey Warren & Stewart Long, 9/1/10

###Articles###

"Public Lab defies wacky weather to host its barnraising" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/10/public-lab-defies-wacky-weather-to-host-its-2013-barnraising/) - Shannon Dosemagen, Jessi Breen and Liz Barry, 10/23/2013

"A summer of DIY: kite-making, aerial photography and spectrometry" [UCL ExCiteS](http://uclexcites.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/a-summer-of-diy-kite-making-aerial-photography-and-spectrometry-part-1/) - Cindy Regalado, 10/23/2013

"The Promise of Small Data" [TechPresident](http://techpresident.com/news/24176/backchannel-promise-small-data) - Jeff Warren, 7/17/2013

"Public Laboratories: Designing and Developing tools for Do-It-Yourself Detection of Hazards" [LIMN](http://limn.it/public-laboratories-designing-and-developing-tools-for-do-it-yourself-detection-of-hazards/) - Sara Wylie, Megan McLaughlin, Josh McIlvain, 6/2013

"Detritivore Design: How to use trash to create scalable solutions" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/04/detritivore-design-how-to-use-trash-to-create-scalable-tech-solutions109.html) - Mathew Lippincott, 4/30/2013

"How Public Lab Turned Kickstarter Crowdfunders into a Community" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/04/how-public-lab-turned-kickstarter-crowdfunders-into-a-community089.html) - Jeff Warren and Becki Chall, 4/2/2013

"How Public Lab Creates Memorable Field trips for Students" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/03/how-public-lab-creates-memorable-field-trips-for-students072.html) - Adam Griffith, 3/15/2013

"Public Lab's 'Spectral Challenge' Promotes Open Source Spectrometry" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/03/public-labs-spectral-challenge-promotes-open-source-spectrometry063.html) - Shannon Dosemagen and Chris Fastie, 4/7/2013

"Balloon Mapping from the Ground Up: Public Lab's field techniques" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/01/balloon-mapping-from-the-ground-up-public-labs-field-techniques355.html) - Stewart Long, 1/2/13

"EcoHack Highlights: Sewage, Pedal Power and Cotton Candy" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/12/ecohack-highlights-sewage-pedal-power-cotton-candy353.html) - Liz Barry, 12/19/12

"Public Lab Taps into Community with Annual Barnraising in Louisiana" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/11/public-lab-taps-into-community-with-annual-barn-raising-in-louisiana318.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, 11/15/12

"Public Lab Uses Kickstarter to Bring DIY Spectrometry to the Masses" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/09/public-lab-uses-kickstarter-to-bring-diy-spectrometry-to-the-masses254.html?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=TeemingMedia) - Jeff Warren, 9/13/12

"High altitude Balloon mapping with Public Laboratory, Hak5 1202.1"[Hak5 ](https://www.youtube.com/user/Hak5Darren)- Mathew Lippincott, 8/29/12

"Movement Based Arts Inspire Public Lab's DIY Environmental Science" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/08/movement-based-arts-inspire-public-labs-diy-environmental-science222.html) - Liz Barry, 8/13/12

"How Public Lab Drafts the Public with its Open-Source Tool Development Process" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/06/how-public-lab-drafts-the-public-with-its-open-source-tool-development-process171.html?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PBSMediaShift) - Sara Wylie, 6/20/12

"Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science" [Anthropology News](http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2012/05/04/public-laboratory-for-open-technology-and-science/) - Christine Walley, 5/12

"Public Lab's Keys to Developing Low-Cost Science Tools" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/05/public-labs-keys-to-developing-low-cost-science-tools140.html) - Mathew Lippincott and Adam Griffith, 5/22/12

"How we got here: the road to Public Lab's map projects" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/05/how-we-got-here-the-road-to-public-labs-map-project118.html?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PBSMediaShift) - Stewart Long, 5/3/12

"First aerial maps produced by citizens featured on Google Earth and Google Maps" [Knight Foundation Blog](http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2012/4/18/first-aerial-maps-produced-citizens-featured-google-earth-and-google-maps/) - Shannon Dosemagen, 4/18/12

"Public Lab's Community Created Maps Land On Google Earth" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/04/public-labs-community-created-maps-land-on-google-earth109.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, 4/19/12

"Water Hackathon Aims to Understand Brooklyn's Water Pollution" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/04/water-hackathon-aims-to-understand-brooklyns-water-pollution096.html) - Leif Percifield, 4/9/12

"The Faces Behind Public Lab's Grassroots Research Community" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/03/the-faces-behind-public-labs-grassroots-research-community070.html) - Shannon Dosemagen and Sara Wylie, 3/12/12

"Why Collaborative Development Works in a Proprietary World" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/02/why-collaborative-development-works-in-a-proprietary-world038.html) - Jeff Warren, 2/15/12

"How Public Lab's Thermal Flashlight Could Improve Home Insulation" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/01/how-public-labs-thermal-flashlight-could-improve-home-insulation013.html) - Sara Wylie, 1/17/12

"Public Lab Produces Wetlands Maps from Balloon and Kite Flights" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/01/public-lab-produces-wetlands-maps-from-balloon-and-kite-flights357.html)- Stewart Long, 1/4/12

"Public Laboratory: Don't Just Report Science, Do It!" [PBS MediaShift](http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/11/public-laboratory-dont-just-report-science-do-it327.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, Jeff Warren and Sara Wylie, 11/23/11

"Flying High:KITE MAPPING A CHEAP WAY TO CAPTURE IMAGES FROM ABOVE"[Montana Standard](http://mtstandard.com/business/local/flying-high/article_6eacaffe-1327-11e1-9a01-001cc4c002e0.html) [Video](http://mtstandard.com/kite-mapping/vmix_a4282efe-0fcd-11e1-8c8f-001cc4c002e0.html) - Mathew Lippincott and Olivia Everett, 11/20/11

"Public Lab's 'Barnraising' Focuses on DIY Infrared Camera Development" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/11/public-labs-barnraising-focuses-on-diy-infrared-camera-development314.html)- Adam Griffith, 11/16/11

"Public Lab Aims for Affordable Hydrogen Sulfide Sensors" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/10/public-lab-aims-for-affordable-hydrogen-sulfide-gas-sensors294.html)- Sara Wylie and Shannon Dosemagen, 10/25/11

"With Public Lab, a Camera Flies in Brooklyn to Monitor Pollution" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/10/with-public-lab-a-camera-flies-in-brooklyn-to-monitor-pollution273.html)- Liz Barry, 10/3/11

"Taking Steps Toward DIY Spectrometry, So Citizens Can Test for Pollutants" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/09/taking-steps-toward-diy-spectrometry-so-citizens-can-test-for-pollutants249.html) - Jeff Warren, 9/8/11

"Public Lab Helps Communities Do 'Civic Science' Investigations" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/08/public-lab-helps-communities-do-civic-science-investigations224.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, 8/17/11

"Seed Grant Voices: Grassroots Mapping Kit" [MIT Legatum Center](http://legatum.mit.edu/newsletter/spring2010/gmk) - Jeff Warren, 5/27/10

"DIY Mappers offer remarkable images of Gulf Coast oil spill" [PBS IdeaLab blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/05/diy-mappers-offer-remarkable-images-of-gulf-coast-oil-spill132.html) - Jeff Warren, 5/12/10

[Opensource.com](http://opensource.com/life/10/6/mapping-oil-spill-open-source-way) - Jeff Warren, 6/3/10

##Presentations & Events##

**September 22, 2013** - New York, NY - Eymund Diegel, Jen Hudon, Gena Wirth, Liz Barry, Shannon Dosemagen. World Maker Faire Main stage. 

**September 2-5, 2013** - London, UK - Shannon Dosemagen and Mathew Lippincott. Aerial mapping and spectrometry workshops with Citizens Without Borders and University College London Extreme Citizen Science group.

**August 27, 2013** - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Shannon Dosemagen. Hacks/Hackers BA

**August 11, 2013** - New York City - Will Ward. Maker Talks at The Makery Pop-up Maker Space

**July 12, 2013** - Paris, France - Shannon Dosemagen. [NightScience](http://nightscience.org/conferences/)

**June 29, 2013** - Kansas City - Shannon Dosemagen. [MakerFaire KC](http://www.makerfairekc.com/)

**June 9, 2013** San Fransico - Liz Barry. [State of the Map US](http://stateofthemap.us/)

**June 1, 2013** New York City - Liz Barry. Columbia Journalism School Tow Center [Sensor Journalism Conference](http://towcenter.org/events/1788/)

**May 18, 2013** - Davis, California - Stewart Long [Tedx](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22brTRmlmhE)

**May 14, 2013** - New York - Eymund Diegel and Sean McGinnis. [GEO NYC](http://www.meetup.com/geonyc/events/110792052/): "Mapping in the Field: On site and in person"

**May 4-5, 2013** - Jessi Breen, Shannon Dosemagen, Liz Barry. [Transparency Camp](http://transparencycamp.org/): 1 - Open hardware: sensors, privacy and civic data; 2 - What citizen science can teach open government.

**April 6, 2013** - New York - Liz Barry. [iLAND Symposium](http://www.ilandart.org/iland-symposium/2013-iland-symposium/): Embodied research.

**April 4, 2013** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. [NY Tech Incubator Citizen Science Panel](https://www.nytech.org/events/citizen-science): How is data visualization and citizen science driving new technologies and improving life on Earth? _With CartoDB and Foursquare_

**March 29, 2013** - Jersey City, NJ - Shannon Dosemagen. Advance Publications. Grassroots Science and Civic Media Collaborations

**February 28, 2013** - Washington, D.C. - Liz Barry. [FedGeo Day](http://fedgeoday.com/): Visions for improving federal geodata, AKA, "gov can dish it, but can they take it?"

**November 16, 2012** - Baltimore, MD - Liz Barry. [University of Baltimore, Maryland Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education Seminar Series](http://www.umbc.edu/cuere/seminarSeries.html)

**November 11, 2012** - London, UK - Shannon Dosemagen. [Science Online London](http://www.nature.com/spoton/event/spoton-london-formerly-science-online-london-2012/): Public Participation in Research.

**November 9, 2012** New York, NY - Liz Barry. EcoHackIII [aerial microbes](http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/en/microbes) 

**October 19, 2012** - Copenhagen, Denmark- Sara Wylie and Shannon Dosemagen, [Society for the Social Study of Science](http://www.4sonline.org/meeting), Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Open-source development of tools for grassroots science

**October 16, 2012** - Copenhagen, Denmark-Sara Wylie [Digital STS Workshop](http://digitalsts.wordpress.com/about/)

**October 13, 2012** - Portland, Oregon - Mathew Lippincott and Liz Barry. [State Of The Map US](http://stateofthemap.us/)

**September 28, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry and Shannon Dosemagen. [Open Hardware Summit "Supporting Community Advocacy"](http://summit.oshwa.org/2012/07/23/2012-speaker-lineup/)

**September 22, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. Informal Waste Sector Conference, Communities: Big Data and Mobile Governance Panel. "Big Participation: Public Laboratory and OpenStreetMap"

**September 20, 2012** - Lexington, KY- Shannon Dosemagen, Department of Geography. 

**September 1, 2012** - Linz, Austria- Jeff Warren. ARS Electronica Festival 2012. [The Big Picture: Concepts for a New World](http://www.aec.at/thebigpicture/en/)

**August 5, 2012** - Portland, OR- Shannon Dosemagen and Mathew Lippincott. Public Participation in Scientific Research [conference poster](http://www.citizenscience.org/community/conference2012/)

**July 3, 2012** - Cape Town, South Africa- Shannon Dosemagen. Understanding Risk Forum: Mapping Global Risk: [Applications of crowdsourcing for development and disaster response](http://www.understandrisk.org/ur/)

**June 27, 2012** - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Jeffrey Warren. "[Citizen Science: for whom?](http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/6-27-2012/waag-society-citizen-science-presentation)" [Citizen Science on the Move (conference)](http://citizenscience.nl), [Waag Society](http://waag.nl)/University of Utrecht.

**June 28, 2012** - Troy, NY- Shannon Dosemagen, Mathew Lippincott, Sara Wylie. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Triple Helix, Technoscience as Activism conference: [Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science](http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?p=2102)

**June 27, 2012** - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Jeff Warren. Waag Society: [Citizen Science Presentation](http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/6-27-2012/waag-society-citizen-science-presentation)

**June 19, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. [EPA Region 2 Citizen Science Conference](http://r2citizensciencenyc.eventbrite.com/). "Civic Science: An Open Research Model"

**June 13, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. Urban Design Faculty Seminar at Columbia University Graduate School for Architecture Planning and Preservation. 

**May 19, 2012** - Houston, TX - Shannon Dosemagen. Environmental Justice Encuentro: [Community Generated Air Column Monitoring](http://ejencuentro.org/?page_id=10)

**May 11, 2012** - Providence, RI - Sara Wylie. Society for Cultural Anthropology: [Practicing Cultural Critique of Science: How helium balloons and digital cameras can rival satellites](http://sca.culanth.org/meetings/meetingsindex.htm)

**April 20, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry and Shannon Dosemagen. EcoHack II: [Air Column Monitor](http://www.ecohacknyc.org/)

**April 2, 2012** - San Francisco, California - Mathew Lippincott, Stewart Long.
 Where 2.0, O'reilly Media: "[Grassroots Mapping Flight Demo](http://whereconf.com/where2012/public/schedule/detail/24711)"

**March 24, 2012** - Boston, MA - Liz Barry. [Harvard Landscape Infrastructure Symposium: Citizen Cartographies](http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/landscape-infrastructure.html). 

**March 11, 2012** - Austin, Texas - Shannon Dosemagen, Mathew Lippincott, Jen Hudon, Greg Foster, SXSW Interactive- Public Laboratory panel

**March 9, 2012** - Houston, Texas - Shannon Dosemagen and Mathew Lippincott, Tx/Rx Labs- "Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Sceince"

**March 9 - April 19, 2012** - San Francisco, California - SOMArts - "I Am Crime, Art on the Edge of Law", http://www.somarts.org/iamcrime

**February 17, 2012** - London, United Kingdom - Shannon Dosemagen and Sara Wylie, 2nd Annual Citizen Cyberscience Summit- Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Open-source development of tools for grassroots science

**January 15, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. [Energy! A New School Moment Panel](http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/pastevents.aspx?id=78223). "Spectroscopy and the Thingness of Energy"

**December 13, 2011** - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Liz Barry, Eye on Earth Summit. Civic Science vs. Crowdsourcing". Presenters at Innovation Forum- Liz Barry and Shannon Dosemagen

**November 16, 2011** - Montreal, Quebec - Shannon Dosemagen and Jeffrey Warren, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting: 
Panel: Prototype 
Paper: Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Open-Source Development of Tools for Grassroots Science

**November 4, 2011** - Cleveland, Ohio - Shannon Dosemagen, Society for Social Studies of Science: 
Panel: STS in Practice: Science, Engineering and STS as Partners in Social Justice and Sustainability. 
Paper: Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Environmental Justice, Citizen Science, and Participatory STS in Monitoring of Disaster Landscapes.
 	
**October 13, 2011** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. [Mobility Shifts @ The New School](http://mobilityshifts.org/conference/) "DIY-U Civic Science: tools for learning, tools for research" 

**Sept 16, 2011** - Denver, Colorado - Stewart Long, Shannon Dosemagen FOSS4G 2011: "[Beyond vectors: Adapting remote sensing research for environmental monitoring with open source hardware and software: Citizen mapping the BP oil spill with balloons and kites
](http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/beyond-vectors-adapting-remote-sensing-research-environmental-monitoring-open-source-hardwa)"

**Sept 15, 2011** - Amsterdam, Netherlands - "[Creating cheap open source aerial imagery and data for community efforts to cleanup a polluted neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, USA](http://vimeo.com/29616169)" ([slides](http://slideshare.net/ejc/eymund-diegel-grassroots-mapping))- Eymund Diegel, PICNIC 2011

**Sept 15, 2011** - Denver, Colorado - Jeff Warren, Adam Griffith, FOSS4G 2011: "[Crowdsourcing Aerial Image Mapping with MapMill.org and MapKnitter.org](http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/crowdsourcing-aerial-image-mapping-mapmillorg-and-cartagen-knitter)"

**Sept 11, 2011** - Denver, Colorado - Shannon Dosemagen, Jeff Warren, State of the Map 2011 - "[Developing an Ethics of Data Openness and Community Participation](http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/content/grassroots-mapping-developing-ethics-data-openness-and-community-participation)"

**Sept 8, 2011** - Boulder, Colorado - Jeff Warren, Mapping Democratization Conference, CU Boulder - "Situating activist mapping technology"

**Aug 13, 2011** - Lima, Peru - Jeff Warren, Open Data conference

**June 22, 2011** - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Shannon Dosemagen and Adam Griffith, talk and workshop at the MIT Knight conference

**June 6-7, 2011** - New York City - Personal Democracy Forum 2011, Jeff Warren and Liz Barry - "Open Source Aerial Imagery"

**May 6-7, 2011** - Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis, Jeff Warren

* Cambridge, Massachusetts - Liz Barry and Jeff Warren, [talk & workshop](/wiki/2011-harvard-gca-conference), "Community-based approaches to high-resolution multispectral imaging with balloons" & "How to make your own aerial imagery for $100"

**April 7, 2011** - University of Georgia Athens, Roosevelt Institute for Public Policy, Shannon Dosemagen keynote and panelist on emergency preparedness and policy response

**Mar 25, 2011** - Trade School @ the Whitney Museum of American Art

* New York City: Public Laboratory will be [teaching a class](/wiki/whitney-trade-school-class) on [DIY Spectrometry](/tool/spectrometer) at the Whitney starting at 7pm. 

**March 4, 2011** - BLUE on Tour- Auburn University, Alabama

* 1:00 - 2:30pm, [Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon) - "Master Class: Innovations in Aerial-Mapping Technology"
* http://publiclaboratory.org/event/3-4-2011/blue-tour-auburn-university-alabama

**Feb 11, 2011** - Tech@State Open Source conference

* US Department of State - [Jeffrey Warren](/people/warren), ""
* Subsequent unconference organized by US Dept. of State - [Liz Barry](/people/liz), [Leif Percifield](/people/lpercifield), "Citizen Science"

**Jan 22, 2011** - California Map Society

* UCLA Clark Library - [Stewart Long](/people/gonzoearth)

**Nov 18, 2010** - Personal Democracy Forum Latin America

* Santiago, Chile - [Jeff Warren](/people/warren)

**Nov 12, 2010** - Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging for Science

* Pittsburgh - [Jeff Warren](/people/warren) [http://www.cmu.edu/events/gigapixel-science/](cmu.edu/events/gigapixel-science/)

**Oct 31-Nov 3, 2010** -  Geologic Society of America, Denver Annual Meeting

* Denver - [Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon)
* [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_178840.htm](gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_178840.htm)

**Oct 1-3, 2010** International Conference on Crisis Mapping

* Boston - Jeff Warren - [http://www.crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-agenda](crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-agenda)

**Aug 12, 2010**  - Ignite Spatial

* Boston, MA - Jeff Warren [http://ignite.oreilly.com/2010/07/ignite-spatial-boston-2.html](ignite.oreilly.com)

**June 3-4, 2010**  - Personal Democracy Forum

* New York, NY - Jeff Warren

**May 19 2010** Crisis Mappers Network Webcast

* GeoTime webcast - Jeff Warren - [http://www.geotime.com/cmnet.aspx](Mapping the Gulf Oil Spill With Balloons & Kites)

##Press and Public Lab Mentions##

Popular Science Online: [How To Turn Your Camera Into A Photosynthesis Detector](http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2013-09/veggie-vision), Sarah Jacoby, October 16, 2013

Popular Science: Veggie Vision: Hack a Digital Camera into a Photosynthesis Detector, Sarah Jacoby, September 2013 print edition.

MakeZine: [Explore Grassroots Science at Maker Faire New York](http://makezine.com/2013/09/15/explore-grassroots-science-at-maker-faire-new-york/), Matt Richardson, 9/15/13

MedCity News: [Want a DIY spectrometer? Visit the Public Lab's open source scientists at NYC Maker Faire](http://medcitynews.com/2013/09/want-a-diy-spectrometor-visit-the-public-labs-open-source-scientists-at-nyc-maker-faire/), Veronica Combs, 9/17/13

Directions Magazine: [Open Data and the Next Evolution in Citizen Science](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/open-data-and-the-next-evolution-in-citizen-science/347361), Melissa Jun Rowley, 9/12/13

Fast Company: [Teenager's are mapping Brazil's Slumn... with Kites](http://www.fastcompany.com/3017247/fast-feed/teenagers-are-mapping-brazils-slums-with-kites), Neal Ungerleider, 9/11/13. Note: Although not attributed to Public Lab, this project is a direct reference to a program that UNICEF and Public Lab partnered on in 2011.

BBC: [Tomorrow's Cities: Rio de Janiero's Bid to Become a Smart City](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22546490), Jane Wakefield, 9/08/13. Note: Although not attributed to Public Lab, this project is a direct reference to a program that UNICEF and Public Lab partnered on in 2011.

Wicked Local: [A View from Above](http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/topstories/x1843582131/A-VIEW-FROM-ABOVE-Software-proven-during-Gulf-oil-spill-used-to-map-bog), Frank Mand, 09/04/13

HackYourPhD: [Public Lab: Civic Science and Collaborative Research in Action!](http://m.soundcloud.com/hackyourphd/hyphdus-liz-barry-public-lab-civic-science), 8/26/13

New Yorker: [By the Numbers](http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2013/08/26/130826ta_talk_frazier), Ian Frazier, 08/26/13 (published earlier)

[Open Data and the Next Evolution in Citizen Science
](http://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1238293), Melissa Jun Rowley, 08/19/13

MIT Technology Review: [Balloons Put a Social Spin on Aerial Surveillance](http://www.technologyreview.com/view/517696/balloons-put-a-social-spin-on-aerial-surveillance/), Aviva Hope Rutkin, 7/31/2013. Also German language reprints [here](http://www.heise.de/tr/artikel/Kartographieren-per-Ballon-1930114.html) and [here](http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Open-Source-Mapping-mit-Ballons-1930094.html).

Los Angeles Times: [10 Notable Tech Projects Getting a Boost from Kickstarter](http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-ten-notable-kickstarter-projects-20130726,0,6142936.story), Jessica Naziri, 7/29/13.

Chemical Heritage Foundation: [Episode 178: In the Air](http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/media/distillations/178-in-the-air.aspx), Eileen Flemming, 7/23/13.

Popular Science: [Balloon Mapping featured in the Popular Science "Big Book of Hacks"](http://publiclab.org/notes/warren/07-21-2013/balloon-mapping-featured-in-popular-science-big-book-of-hacks)

All press for the Kickstarter [Infragram: Infrared Photography Project](http://publiclab.org/wiki/infragram-press)

Popular Mechainics: [An Infrared Camera for the DIY Gardner](http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/tools/an-infrared-camera-for-the-diy-gardener-15599521?click=pm_latest), Adam Hadhazy, 6/17/2013

Inhabitat: [Infagram's Photosynthesis Camera Tells You if Your Plants are Growing Well or Under Stress](http://inhabitat.com/infagram-a-photosynthesis-camera-that-tells-you-if-your-plants-are-growing-well-or-under-stress/), Jon Dioffa, 5/28/13

Mashable: [This Inexpensive Camera Measures Your Plants' Health](http://mashable.com/2013/05/29/infragram-near-infrared-camera/), Vignesh Ramachandran

New Scientist: [Cheap infrared camera lets you be an environmental spy](http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23603-cheap-infrared-camera-lets-you-be-an-environmental-spy.html), Paul Marks, 5/28/13

Knight Foundation blog: [Knight to help grantees kickstart a passionate community of supporters](http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2013/5/28/knight-help-grantees-kickstart-passionate-community-supporters/), Chris Sopher, 5/28/13

TechCrunch: [Public Lab’s Crowdfunded Infragram Cameras Let People See Plants In A Different Light](http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/27/public-labs-crowdfunded-infragram-cameras-let-people-see-plants-in-a-different-light/), Chris Zelazco, 5/27/13

Modern Farmer: [Kickstarting the Modern Farm](http://modernfarmer.com/2013/05/kickstarting-the-modern-farm/), Tom Wolf, 5/22/13

Trajectory Magazine.com: [Friday's Food for Thought: DIY aerial mapping](http://trajectorymagazine.com/got-geoint/item/1483-friday%E2%80%99s-food-for-thought-diy-aerial-mapping.html), Lindsay Tilton, 5/3/13

Atlantic Cities: [DIY Mapping Goes Mainstream](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/05/diy-mapping-goes-mainstream/5446/), Emily Badger, 5/1/13

NextCity: [DIY Science for Civic Good](http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/diy-science-for-civic-good), Nancy Scola, 4/16/13

Wired UK: [How to Make Balloon Maps](http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/03/how-to/how-to-make-balloon-maps), Madhumita Venkataramanan, 3/22/13

Storify: [What is Critical Citizen Science? A Dialogue: Part 1](http://storify.com/danmcquillan/what-is-critical-citizen-science-a-dialogue), dan mcquillan, 3/27/2013

Wired.com: [Analyze This: Design Contest Seeks Your Cheap, Open Source Spectrometers](http://www.wired.com/design/2013/03/spectral-challenge/) - Nathan Hurst, 3/7/2013

Teach STEM Now: [Turn a School Laptop into an Inexpensive Spectrometer](http://www.teachstemnow.com/turn-a-school-laptop-into-an-inexpensive-spectrometer/) - Al Chirinian, 1/5/2013

FastCompany.com: [A DIY kite to determine if your water is contaminated](http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681079/a-diy-kit-to-determine-if-your-water-is-contaminated#1) - Emily Badger, 1/8/2013 
   * Also linked to in http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/

Boston.com: [Massachusetts' Biggest Kickstarter Campaigns](http://www.boston.com/business/innovation/2013/01/08/massachusetts-biggest-kickstarter-campaigns/Zv7ymDEbHvbig1NdlaHevO/story.html?pg=11), Alli Knothe, 1/8/2013

Kickstarter: [Best of Kickstarter 2012](http://www.kickstarter.com/year/2012?utm_campaign=Jan082013&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter) - Kickstarter, 1/8/2013

Popular Mechanics: [9 Disaster-Relief Inventions](http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/gonzo/9-disaster-relief-inventions#slide-1) - Laura Kiniry, 12/31/2012

Popular Mechanics: [Seeing the Light](http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/shannon/12-7-2012/seeing-light) - Adam Hadhazy, January 2013 print edition

Chemical and Engineering News: [Do-it-Yourself Spectrometer, Lab in the City](http://www.cen-online.org/articles/90/i47/-Yourself-Spectrometer-Lab-City.html) - Deirdre Lockwood, 11/19/2012

Homeland Security Today [Crowdsourcing Volunteers Contribute To FEMA's Sandy Response](http://www.hstoday.us/channels/fema/single-article-page/crowdsourcing-volunteers-contribute-to-fema-s-sandy-response.html) -  Dan Verton
11/09/12 

MAKE: [Raspberry Pi in the Sky!](http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/08/raspberry-pi-in-the-sky/) - Kevin Osborn, 11/8/2012

FEMA: [FEMA thanking those who adapted MapMill for Hurricane Sandy](http://www.fema.gov/medialibrary/media_records/10369) 10/7/12

Slashdot: [All Over but the Funding: open hardware spectrometer kit](http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/09/21/2334208/all-over-but-the-funding-open-hardware-spectrometer-kit) - MyBlueVan, 9/22/12

The Wall Street Journal: [The Apple/Google Map Wars: what comes next?](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/09/20/the-applegoogle-map-wars-what-comes-next/) - Tom Gara, 9/20/12

Kickstarter blog: [Case Study: Grassroots Mapping](http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/case-study-grassroots-mapping) - Diana Kimball, 9/13/12

The Powerbase: [The State of Open Source Spectrometry](http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/09/the-state-of-open-source-spectrometry/) - Tom Nardi, 9/5/12

Sunlight Foundation blog: [Filming OpenGov Champions: Liz Barry](http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/09/05/filming-opengov-champions-liz-barry/) - Tiina Knuutila, 9/5/12

Dickinson et. al. 2012. The Current State of Citizen Science as a Tool for Ecological Research and Public Engagement. In Ecological Society of America, frontiersinecology.org.

New York Times: [Seeking Brooklyn's Lost Mass Grave](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/nyregion/historian-points-to-gowanus-brooklyn-lot-as-grave-of-first-maryland-regiment.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all) - Justin Burke, 8/25/12

Atlantic Cities: [The Future of Aerial Mapmaking: Cheap helium balloons](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/08/future-aerial-mapmaking-cheap-helium-balloons/3108/) - Emily Badger, 8/30/12

Kickstarter Blog: [Citizen Science and the Spectrometer: A Love Story](http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/citizen-science-and-the-spectrometer-a-love-story?ref=email) - Cassie Marketos, 8/30/12

New York Times: [For local residents, a mission to clean up the Gowanus Canal](http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/for-local-residents-a-mission-to-clean-up-the-gowanus-canal/) - Peter Moskowitz, 7/16/12

MarthaHenson: blog: [Notes from #SXSWi: Public Lab: Mapping, DIY Activism & Civic Science #PublicLab](http://marthasadie.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/public-lab-mapping-diy-activism-civic-science/) - Martha Henson, 5/21/12

CassandraDaily: [All Mapped Up](http://www.cassandradaily.com/tech/all-mapped-up/) - 5/18/12

LifeHacker: [How to balloon map your neighborhood Google Maps style](http://lifehacker.com/5911096/how-to-balloon-map-your-neighborhood-google-maps-style) - Thorin Klosowski, 5/17/12

Geek.com: [Geek projects: Adventures in balloon mapping](http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/adventures-in-balloon-mapping-20120517/) - Sal Cangeloso, 5/17/12

The Verge: [Occupy maps the skies over May Day protests with DIY balloon cameras](http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2994140/occupy-grassroots-mapping-aerial-photography)- Joshua Kopstein, 5/2/12

Google Earth Sightseer: [New Balloon and Kite Imagery](http://www.google.com/earth/connect/newsletter/apr12.html) - featured blog for April 2012 edition

Engadget: [Google Earth adds balloon and kite imagery, invites you to contribute](http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/17/google-earth-adds-balloon-and-kite-aerial-imagery/)- Donald, Melanson, 4/17/12

Clubic: [Google Earth devient participatif, cerfs-volants et ballons ? l'h?lium requis](http://www.clubic.com/internet/univers-google/google-maps/actualite-487334-cartographie-google-earth-cerf-volants-ballons-helium.html)- Audrey Oeillet, 4/17/12

Gizmodo: [Balloon and kite cameras give gorgeous Google Earth](http://gizmodo.com/5902926/balloon-and-kite-cameras-give-gorgeous-google-earth?tag=google)- Molly Oswaks, 4/17/12

Google Lat Long Blog: [Balloon and kite imagery in Google Earth](http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/04/balloon-and-kite-imagery-in-google.html)- Christiaan Adams, 4/17/12

Knight Foundation Blog: [Knight News Challenge winners discuss successes, road bumps and challenges](http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2012/4/17/2011-knight-news-challenge-winners-discuss-successes-road-bumps-and-challenges/) - Elizabeth Miller, 4/17/12

Google Maps Mania: [Mapping with Drones](http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2012/03/mapping-with-drones.html) - Keith Clarke, 3/21/12

UNICEF: [In Brazil, adolescents use UNICEF's new digital mapping technology to reduce disaster risks in the favelas](http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/brazil_62043.html) - Caparelli, et al., 3/19/12

MAKE zine blog: [Alt.SXSW: DIY Balloon and Kite Mapping](http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/16/alt-sxsw-diy-balloon-and-kite-mapping/) - Adam Flaherty, 3/16/12

FSG Global Health Blog: [Responding To Health Challenges Through Grassroots Mapping](http://www.fsg.org/KnowledgeExchange/Blogs/GlobalHealth/PostID/258.aspx) - Carina Wendel, 3-7-2012 

Le Monde Science and Techno Section: [Les Sciences Citoyennes: Les profanes jouent avec les experts](http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/le-monde-science-techno-section-coverage)- 3-3-12

New Scientist: [Thermal Flashlight 'Paints' Cold Rooms with Colour](http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328546.200-thermal-flashlight-paints-cold-rooms-with-colour.html) - 3-2-12

NPR On the Media [Drones: Coming to a Sky Near You?](http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/jan/13/drones-coming-soon-sky-near-you/)- 1-13-12

Boston Globe: [Knight Foundation Merging Media, Minds and Money](http://bostonglobe.com/business/2011/11/22/knight-foundation-merging-media-minds-and-money/WK8Vi8kbDQIBFapFxZm7JM/story.html)- D.C. Denison, 11-11

The Mobile City (also appeared on Data Driven Journalism): [How Kite Photography Can Empower Local Communities](http://www.themobilecity.nl/2011/10/19/how-kite-photography-can-empower-local-communities/)- Martin de Waal, 10-11

Creative Applications Network: [Mediated Landscapes 03: DIY Cartography (Theory)](http://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/mediated-cityscapes-03-diy-cartography-theory/)- Greg J. Smith, 8-11

Tech President: [How DIY Science is Solving Ecological Mysteries in New York City](http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/how-diy-science-solving-ecological-mysteries-new-york-city)- Nick Judd, 8-25-11

BBC Click: [How to Create Your Own Aerial Map](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9555369.stm)- 8-19-11

BBC Radio: [Laura Sheeter Talks About Aerial Photos: Did you know you could now take your own aerial pictures? Join Laura on an aerial view of New Orleans](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00j4dq8#p00jkrtp)- Laura Sheeter, 8-3-11

Harvard Nieman Journalism Lab: [The MacGyver method: With News Challenge funding, The Public Lab is building up its civic media toolkit](http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/07/the-macgyver-method-with-news-challenge-funding-the-public-lab-is-building-up-its-civic-media-toolkit/)- Megan Garber, 07-11

Grist: [In the future, cleaning robots will sniff out air pollution](http://www.grist.org/list/2011-07-18-in-the-future-cleaning-robots-will-sniff-out-air-pollution)- Jess Zimmerman, 7-18-11

Technology Review: [Robot lights up at pollution](http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38059/page1/#photo)- Kristina Grifantini, 7-17-11

PBS MediaShift IdeaLab: [MIT Produces a String of Civic Media Success Stories](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/03/mit-produces-a-string-of-civic-media-success-stories072.html) - Chris Csikszentmih?lyi, 3-14-11

Good Magazine: [Grassroots Mapping: How You Can Create Aerial Cartography for Under $100, and Use It to Do Good](http://www.good.is/post/grassroots-mapping-how-you-can-create-aerial-cartography-for-under-100-and-use-it-to-do-good/) -  Ben Jervey, 3-7-11

LifeHacker: [Weekend Project: DIY Balloon Aerial Photography on the Cheap](http://lifehacker.com/?_escaped_fragment_=5765075/diy-balloon-aerial-photography-on-the-cheap) -  Adam Pash, 2-17-11

Wilamette Week: [Local Designer To Build Balloons To Help Document Gulf Oil Spill](http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-1086-local_designer_to_build_balloons_to_help_document_.html) - Ron Knox, 6-25-2010

SolveClimate News: [$100 Aerial Mapping Technique Finding Multiple Uses, Grassroots Interest](http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20110215/100-aerial-mapping-technique-finding-multiple-uses-grassroots-interest) with [slideshow](http://solveclimatenews.com/slideshow/story-grassroots-mapping) - Lisa Song, 2-15-11

Brooklyn Eagle: [D.I.Y Mapping of the Gowanus?](http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=40985) - Mike Weiss, 1/27/11

OnEarth Magazine: [Mapping the Grassroots](http://www.onearth.org/article/mapping-the-grassroots) - Alan Burdick, 1/27/11

[CBS News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ERceRSjd7w&feature=related)

[ABC News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2FO8vjkdOg&feature=player_embedded#)

[Boston Globe](http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/09/05/gov_20_advocates_put_government_technology_together_to_find_solutions/?page=full) - D.C. Denison, 9/05/10

[Associated Press](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9xJ8woAR4Ml-YII1XaGc7wj4o5wD9IB3VE80http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9xJ8woAR4Ml-YII1XaGc7wj4o5wD9IB3VE80) - BARBARA ORTUTAY, 9/19/10

[abc.net](http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2010/3007041.htm) - (australia) - 9/16/10

[Guilty Planet](http://scienceblogs.com/guiltyplanet/2010/07/grassroots_mapping.php) - "Balloon on the Bayou: Grassroots Mapping in Bay Baptiste" - Jennifer L. Jacquet, 7/13/10

[france24.com](http://www.france24.com/en/20100618-oil-spill-africa-philippines) - 6/18/10

Engadget: [MIT-based Grassroots Mapping mapping the oil spill with digital camera, kites](http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/mit-based-grassroots-mapping-mapping-the-oil-spill-with-digital/) - Laura June, 6/17/10

[The Takeaway](http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/jun/15/grasping-size-oil-leak-one-photo-at-time/) - Noel King, 6/15/10

Inhabitat: [DIY Kite Photographs the Gulf Oil Spill to Map its True Size](http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/10/diy-kite-photographs-the-gulf-oil-spill-to-map-the-spills-true-size/) - Britt Liggett, 6/10/10

NYTimes bits blog: [Taking On the Gulf Oil Spill With Kites and Cameras](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/hacking-the-gulf-oil-spill-with-kites-and-cameras/)

[green.blogs.nytimes.com](http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/oil-spill-resources/) - Jeremy Zilar, 

[WGBH Boston](http://www.wgbh.org/897/programDetail.cfm?programid=854) - 6/7/10

[WBUR Boston](http://www.wbur.org/2010/05/27/want-to-make-your-own-kite-cam-heres-how) - Andrew Phelps, 5/27/10

[JustMeans.com](http://www.justmeans.com/Start-up-Uses-Kites-Map-Impact-of-Oil-Spill/17287.html) - Marcia Stepanek, 6/5/10

[Daily Kos](http://webkit.dailykos.com/stories/2010/5/27/870335/-We-Have-Something-the-People-in-Alaska-Didnt.html) - Crashing Vor, 5/27/10

[Earth2tech](http://earth2tech.com/2010/06/05/weekend-ecohack-grassroots-mapping-of-the-bp-oil-spill/) - Katie Fehrenbacher, 6/5/10

[MIT News Office](http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/oil-balloon-0517.html) - David Chandler, 5/17/10

[PBS IdeaLab blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/05/balloon-mapping-the-oil-spill-proves-responsive-open-source138.html) - Andrew Whitacre, 5/19/10

[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/06/crowdsource.gulf.oil/index.html) - John Sutter, 5/6/10

[Mashable](http://mashable.com/2010/05/15/social-media-oil-spill/) - Geoff Livingston, 5/15/10

[TechPresident](http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/people-vs-deepwater-horizon-oil-mess) - Nancy Scola, May 27, 2010

[PopTech](http://poptech.org/blog/crude_awakening_?_new_technologies_being_used_to_stop_and_track_the_oil_spill_and_what_you_can_do_to_help) - Sloane Berrent, 6/1/10

[AOL Autos](http://autos.aol.com/article/oil-spill-gas-prices/) - Kevin Ransom, 6/3/10

[WorldChanging](http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/011208.html) - \WorldChanging Team, 5/25/10

[TreeHugger](http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/08/innovative-mapping-project-tracks-gulf-oil-with-kites-and-balloons.php), 8/25/10