[dorkbotdc-blabber] rectifier

[Panfeld, Michael F.]

This from an email I get from an LA-based group called Machine Project.
The reference to the DIY sensor based on Arduino looks interesting.  I
think Thomas Edwards is linked to this group.  Maybe he can get the
downlow on the presenters for a future MAKEDC/dorkbot project?
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Dear Friends,

There are 12 adorable sensor boxes called, adorably, PuffTrons, that are
arriving at Machine Project sometime this week. Said PuffTrons are going
to be placed around Echo Park in discreet locations. Once activated,
they will transmit data about local air quality over the web to create a
pollution map of the city.

A team of UC Berkeley mad scientist-types and a group of precocious
student-types from Manual Arts High School in South Central LA will be
presenting the PuffTrons' data alongside their own fieldwork in a series
of events at Machine Project this coming week. Operating as the Black
Cloud Scientist League, they invite YOU to participate in this project.

There will be three separate events --

1) a DIY air quality sensor building workshop this Saturday August 23rd
from 12-5pm. Limited to 12 students, participants learn to build a basic
air quality sensor using an Ardunio microcontroller. $75 for members/$85
for non-members (materials included). Register here

http://machineproject.com/2008/08/17/environmental-sensing-workshop/

2) A research presentation at 8pm this Saturday the 23rd by the Black
Cloud Citizen Scientist League on the PuffTrons, on the research by the
Manual Arts High School students, and on air quality in Los Angeles.
Beloved gelato makers Scoops have prepared a special  'Black Cloud' ice
cream just for this event. Free admission.

http://machineproject.com/2008/08/17/black-cloud-citizen-scientist-leagu
e/

3) A community air pollution mapping event next Saturday August 30th
that requires your participation! Details to be given at the
presentation on the 23rd.

We hope to see you there, feel free to email us if you have any
questions.

Love,

Machine

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