This week in the Public Lab community newsletter, get ready for events in Atlanta, New Orleans and Salisbury (Vermont) and participate in the upcoming OpenHour. Enjoy!

Upcoming events

OpenHour: Monday September 1st, 8:00pm EST. Join us for an “Open” OpenHour, come with your thoughts, ideas and questions. Meet us on the OpenHour page for a forum discussion. See you on Monday!

On September 18th, join grassroots mappers in New Orleans to work on mapping techniques and creating mapping rigs for upcoming Fall projects: http://publiclab.org/notes/stevie/08-26-2014/new-orleans-training-event

Join Public Labbers in Vermont for the annual LEAFFEST gathering September 21 and 22. Camp, cook and work on open science projects!

Public Lab Organizer, Jack Summers will be attending the Atlanta MakerFaire in early October to discuss his work with hydrogen sulfide sensing. If you’re in the area, let Jack know you’ll be around! http://publiclab.org/notes/JSummers/08-28-2014/atlanta-maker-faire

The Fall Public Lab Barnraising will be November 14-16 in Cocodrie, LA. Sign up today!

Research Note highlights

• Clips for the next spectrometer, pt. 2 (posted by mathew)
• New NDVI color map (posted by cfastie)
• 3D printed CCD spectrometer (posted by bhickman)
• Analyzing NDVI imagery using Blender (posted by unsignedint)

If anything was missed, please post a research note or email the list. Have a great weekend everyone! Shannon

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