2013 Slideshow: Public Lab's year in review
Over 50 attend the 2013 Barnraising
October: this year’s Public Lab conference in New Orleans focused on education, from curriculum development to field methods.
Kite Photos reveal ongoing coal and petroleum coke dumping into 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. Read more »
Gulf coast Public Labbers prototype spectrometric flare monitoring in Chalmette
October:
Cape Cod Bay Watch monitors construction of a nuclear waste containment area
April in Plymouth, MA: Read more »
Public Lab listed in Best of Kickstarter 2012
"Google Maps integrates images from DIY mapping project" January 2013: Read more »
Mappers in the Northern California chapter measure plant health at Fort Mason
May: Using infrared photography, kites, and a DIY drone, local Public Labbers made a map of photosynthetic activity: Read more »
Mapping invasive species with DIY infrared cameras
July: Using aerial infrared photography, Public Labbers from New England worked to identify invasive species in a lake near Amherst, MA
The Infragram project brings multispectral imagery to hundreds of Kickstarter backers
July: 1,556 backers pledged $71,373 to make DIY plant analysis photography affordable.
Early Infragram cameras hit the streets
September: Infragram DIY Filter Packs begin shipping, enabling over a thousand DIY scientists to analyze plant health.
Public Lab distributes thousands of DIY chemical detecting spectrometers
Get one yourself at the Public Lab store
Over 2000 contributors build their own spectrometer and share their data
Find out more at SpectralWorkbench.org
236,946 people from 210 countries visited PublicLab.org
250 DIY aerial maps were published in the Public Lab Archive »