Our work in Somerville is developing in partnership with [Parts and Crafts](http://partsandcrafts.org). Somerville is also home to [Sprout](http://thesprouts.org) and, therefore, the Boston-area [Dorkbot chapter](http://dorkbotboston.org).

The Public Laboratory chapter in Somerville is currently hosted out of the [p.irateship](http://p.irateship.com), a coworking and hacking space at 438 Somerville Ave. For Somerville and greater Boston-area folks, the best person to get in touch with about getting involved is [Jeffrey Warren](mailto:jeff@publiclaboratory.org).

In Somerville, we've been mainly interested in measuring vegetation health using [near-infrared cameras](/tool/near-infrared-camera), and come winter, we'll be working on the [thermal camera](/tool/thermal-camera) for detecting heat leaks.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/publiclaboratory/5632931754/" title="Christmas tree and fence by publiclaboratory, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5632931754_5f48d7409c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Christmas tree and fence"></a>

###Where is the p.irateship?###

See http://where.irateship.com for a map, the photo below for the front of the building, and http://p.irateship.com for some nonsense which may or may not be useful.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreywarren/4929546041/" title="New HQ by jeferonix, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4929546041_737aca612f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="New HQ"></a>