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| ecta64 | "WOW! I'm very happy to hear you bought the system. I'm extremely interested in TALA. The manual that came with it looked very detailed and I would ..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I can't stop getting excited about this and doing bits of research on it. the Charles Woodhouse patent governs the Approach Fish device. this thi..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "really quick search for more on the TALA system found this US army evaluation of the Fish TALA: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a097082.pdf " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I just purchased that kite. unbeatable price on a functioning kite anemometer. maybe we can dissect it and replicate it. the system was patented..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "no, I've never made such a system. I'm intensely interested in trying it though. " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "The posts you did were fascinating. Have you ever made a complete TALA system? If so what kind of equipment does one need to procure/build? One of ..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Yes! Really cool kite. Here is an earlier note on anemometers with a real nice thesis on the subject. http://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/2-1-2013/..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Woah! Awesome thread... " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "There is this really cool trick for peeling CD's. This video shows how it works: CD spectroscope: http://youtu.be/-cH_2mbsvBo " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| btbonval | "Thanks for the screenshot. I think it will help give people an idea of what they're getting if they should choose to use this meteorological statio..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "yeah! exactly. We have to do it in .1mm according to the article. I'm thinking about peeling the reflective layer off and making it sticky then s..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| danbeavers | "Or spray glue on a DVD? " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I'm also looking at using stickypads. just tape catching particles. I wonder if we could run 5" tape disks in a DVD drive? " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "woah. that CD idea is great! the biggest issue with particle monitoring is getting the particle counts measured in mircrograms/cu meter. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "Looks like it has kind of been done elsewhere for a slightly different purpose: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2011/LC/c0lc00451k " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "You know what... I'm looking at this image here and can't help but think we could repurposed some old CD drives. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "Sure. Someone I was speaking to recently was talking about the turbidity of water being an indicator of particulate matter. I wonder if there is ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "that's in beta too. I"m thinking more inline with the dustduino or Speck's cheap sensors, only with more controlled airflow. both really need corr..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "Edit: I just realised it is the Alima that does particle sensing. My apolpgies. Netatmo tries to work our Air Quality as a whole & that is with..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "hmmm. i can't find their particle sensor. is there a standard sensor format for these things or are they all unique? " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "The weather station we have does let you plug in new sensors - the issue would be that it wouldn't display on the display - as that is limited to w..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I'm interested in piggybacking particle sensors onto weather stations-- does yours let you plug in new sensors? existing commercial sensors are us..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| btbonval | "Thanks Amy. It'd be great if you could edit this note to show us a screenshot or two of the web page after it is up and running, just to demonstrat..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago |