Welcome to the Public Lab research community

The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (Public Lab) is open for anyone to join and will always be free. By signing up, you've joined a diverse group of community researchers and tapped into a lot of grassroots expertise. We're excited to have your contributions! Feel free to introduce yourself and reach out to others in the community for collaborations or advice.

Mailing lists

These open discussion lists are a great place to float ideas, ask questions, offer help, and find collaborators.

• publiclaboratory@googlegroups.com is a general community science community mailing list. Send an email here to ask questions.
• Also see our other mailing lists, which include local event lists, tools lists (like balloon mapping or spectroscopy), and those for working groups.

Using and contributing to PublicLab.org

The Public Lab website is where our community is developing open-source documentation and literature around our DIY civic science research.

Research notes

Research notes are the easiest and best way to share (i.e. open source) your work in a more permanent form. Post a research note about your work to solicit input, publish tests or prototypes, ask questions, or just to keep track of links and research documents.

Research note »

Diagram of the Public Lab research community

Also see:

• Staff: http://publiclab.org/wiki/plots-staff
• Organizers: http://publiclab.org/wiki/organizers
• Board: http://publiclab.org/wiki/board