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2013 Barnraising

Public Lab's 2013 Barnraising

October: 50 Public Lab members from around the world spent 4 days working together at the 2013 Barnraising in New Orleans focusing on education, from curriculum development to field methods.

Coal terminal monitoring

Kite Photos reveal coal dumping in the Mississippi River

May: GRN and Clean Gulf Commerce Coalition filed a notice of intent to sue United Bulk for Clean Water Act violations, based on this crucial photo by Scott Eustis.

Chalmette flare monitoring

Gulf coast Public Labbers test spectrometric flare monitoring in Chalmette, LA

October: the group is working to set up 24-hour monitoring of gas refineries.

Nuclear waste monitoring

Cape Cod Bay Watch monitors construction of a nuclear waste containment area

April: Advocating for tighter permitting, the kite photos demonstrated their ability to keep tabs on Entergy.

Best of Kickstarter 2012

Public Lab listed in Best of Kickstarter 2012

January: Kickstarter honors the hundreds of mappers whose work has been republished in Google Maps and Earth.

Fort Mason

Mappers in the Northern California chapter measure plant health at Fort Mason

May: Using infrared photography, Public Labbers mapped photosynthetic activity at a community garden: Read more »

Invasive plant identification

Mapping invasive species with DIY infrared cameras

July: Using aerial infrared photography, New England members of PVOS and Public Lab worked to identify invasive species in a lake near Amherst, MA

Juakali

Ugandan activists use balloon photos to stall eviction

The Craft Market in Uganda used a balloon map to get a court injunction, temporarily stalling the eviction.

Infragram

The Infragram project brings multispectral imagery to hundreds of new Public Lab members

July: 1,556 backers pledged $71,373 to make DIY plant analysis photography affordable.

Infragramming in New York

Early Infragram cameras hit the streets

September: Infragram DIY Filter Packs begin shipping, enabling over a thousand DIY scientists to begin analyzing plant health.

Smartphone spectrometer

Public Lab distributed over 3,000 DIY chemical detecting spectrometers

Get one yourself at the Public Lab store

SpectralWorkbench

Over 2000 contributors build their own spectrometer and open sourced their data

Learn more about what they're doing with them at SpectralWorkbench.org

Public Lab Archive

236,946 people from 210 countries visited PublicLab.org

250 DIY aerial maps were published in the Public Lab Archive, and over 1700 people have joined our main mailing list

501c3 status

Public Lab receives 501c3 non-profit status; wins honorable mention from Buckminster Fuller Challenge

Read more about the Buckminster Fuller Challenge or make a tax-deductible (in the US) contribution today.

Davis Square, Somerville

Thank you all for a wonderful and incredibly productive year!

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