##Awards##

2014: [Social Venture Network Innovation Award Winner](http://svn.org/meet-our-members/svn-innovation-award-winners--3/2014-innovation-award-winners)

2014: [Knight Foundation Knight News Challenge: Health](http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/knight-news-challenge-health-winners-announcement/)

2014: The Public Lab [Foldable Mini-Spectrometer](
http://store.publiclab.org/products/foldable-mini-spectrometer) is nominated as one of the [Design Museum's](http://designmuseum.org) [Designs of the Year](http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2014/designs-of-the-year-2014).

2013: [Buckminster Fuller Challenge Honorable Mention](http://challenge.bfi.org/2013Finalist_PublicLab)

2013: [NBC Universal and The Feast RevUp 2050 Challenge Finalist](http://feastongood.com/2013/conference/revup)

2013: [Netexplo 100 2013](http://en.www.netexplo.org/palmares/2013/top100) for the Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit

2012: Public Lab's Grassroots Mapping project listed in Kickstarter's Best of 2012

2011:[Prix Ars Electronica Runner-Up in Digital Communities](http://www.aec.at/prix/en/)

2011: [Knight Foundation Knight News Challenge](http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/knight-foundation-media-innovation-contest-announc/)

##Publications##

Columbia University Tow Center for Journalism report, "Sensors and Journalism." Public Lab featured as one of the case studies and Public Lab Organizer, Lela Prashad contributed a chapter titled, "People within Pixels." PDF link: http://towcenter.org/sensors-and-journalism/ 

Institutions for Civic Technoscience: How Critical Making is Transforming Environmental Research”, Wylie, S., Jalbert, K., Dosemagen, S., Ratto, M. Paper for Special Forum Issue on Critical Making, The Information Society 30(2). Forthcoming, March 2014.

Enabling Cities v2: Enhancing creative community resilience: [Intro to Citizen Science and Mapping section, "Democratizing Environmental Research"](http://enablingcity.com/v2/?utm_source=Enabling+City+newsletter&utm_campaign=9309da7339-Volume_2_is_here_11_20_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f94c57e5f9-9309da7339-357236593), November 2013

"Civic, Citizen and Grassroots Science: Towards a transformative scientific research model". Dosemagen, S., M. Lippincott, L. Barry, D. Blair, J. Breen. 2013. Eds. Offenhuber, Dietmar, and Katja Schechtner. Accountability Technologies - Tools for Asking Hard Questions. Vienna, New York: Springer. 

"Grassroots Mapping: Creating a participatory map-making process centered on discourse" [Journal of Aesthetics and Protest: Issue 8- Grassroots Modernism](http://www.joaap.org/issue8/GrassrootsMapping.htm)- Shannon Dosemagen, Jeff Warren, & Sara Wylie, 12/1/11

"From Grassroots Mapping to a Public Laboratory" [Citizen Science Quarterly vol. 1](http://citizensciencequarterly.com/) - Adam Griffith, Jeffrey Warren, & Sara Wylie, 3/29/11

"Neogeographic approach to inexpensive oil spill mapping" [Directions Magazine](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/neogeographic-approach-to-inexpensive-oil-spil-mapping/131048) - Jeffrey Warren & Stewart Long, 9/1/10

###Articles###

"Public Lab defies wacky weather to host its barnraising" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/10/public-lab-defies-wacky-weather-to-host-its-2013-barnraising/) - Shannon Dosemagen, Jessi Breen and Liz Barry, 10/23/2013

"A summer of DIY: kite-making, aerial photography and spectrometry" [UCL ExCiteS](http://uclexcites.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/a-summer-of-diy-kite-making-aerial-photography-and-spectrometry-part-1/) - Cindy Regalado, 10/23/2013

"The Promise of Small Data" [TechPresident](http://techpresident.com/news/24176/backchannel-promise-small-data) - Jeff Warren, 7/17/2013

"Public Laboratories: Designing and Developing tools for Do-It-Yourself Detection of Hazards" [LIMN](http://limn.it/public-laboratories-designing-and-developing-tools-for-do-it-yourself-detection-of-hazards/) - Sara Wylie, Megan McLaughlin, Josh McIlvain, 6/2013

"Detritivore Design: How to use trash to create scalable solutions" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/04/detritivore-design-how-to-use-trash-to-create-scalable-tech-solutions109.html) - Mathew Lippincott, 4/30/2013

"How Public Lab Turned Kickstarter Crowdfunders into a Community" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/04/how-public-lab-turned-kickstarter-crowdfunders-into-a-community089.html) - Jeff Warren and Becki Chall, 4/2/2013

"How Public Lab Creates Memorable Field trips for Students" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/03/how-public-lab-creates-memorable-field-trips-for-students072.html) - Adam Griffith, 3/15/2013

"Public Lab's 'Spectral Challenge' Promotes Open Source Spectrometry" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/03/public-labs-spectral-challenge-promotes-open-source-spectrometry063.html) - Shannon Dosemagen and Chris Fastie, 4/7/2013

"Balloon Mapping from the Ground Up: Public Lab's field techniques" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/01/balloon-mapping-from-the-ground-up-public-labs-field-techniques355.html) - Stewart Long, 1/2/13

"EcoHack Highlights: Sewage, Pedal Power and Cotton Candy" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/12/ecohack-highlights-sewage-pedal-power-cotton-candy353.html) - Liz Barry, 12/19/12

"Public Lab Taps into Community with Annual Barnraising in Louisiana" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/11/public-lab-taps-into-community-with-annual-barn-raising-in-louisiana318.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, 11/15/12

"Public Lab Uses Kickstarter to Bring DIY Spectrometry to the Masses" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/09/public-lab-uses-kickstarter-to-bring-diy-spectrometry-to-the-masses254.html?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=TeemingMedia) - Jeff Warren, 9/13/12

"High altitude Balloon mapping with Public Laboratory, Hak5 1202.1"[Hak5 ](https://www.youtube.com/user/Hak5Darren)- Mathew Lippincott, 8/29/12

"Movement Based Arts Inspire Public Lab's DIY Environmental Science" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/08/movement-based-arts-inspire-public-labs-diy-environmental-science222.html) - Liz Barry, 8/13/12

"How Public Lab Drafts the Public with its Open-Source Tool Development Process" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/06/how-public-lab-drafts-the-public-with-its-open-source-tool-development-process171.html?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PBSMediaShift) - Sara Wylie, 6/20/12

"Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science" [Anthropology News](http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2012/05/04/public-laboratory-for-open-technology-and-science/) - Christine Walley, 5/12

"Public Lab's Keys to Developing Low-Cost Science Tools" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/05/public-labs-keys-to-developing-low-cost-science-tools140.html) - Mathew Lippincott and Adam Griffith, 5/22/12

"How we got here: the road to Public Lab's map projects" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/05/how-we-got-here-the-road-to-public-labs-map-project118.html?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PBSMediaShift) - Stewart Long, 5/3/12

"First aerial maps produced by citizens featured on Google Earth and Google Maps" [Knight Foundation Blog](http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2012/4/18/first-aerial-maps-produced-citizens-featured-google-earth-and-google-maps/) - Shannon Dosemagen, 4/18/12

"Public Lab's Community Created Maps Land On Google Earth" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/04/public-labs-community-created-maps-land-on-google-earth109.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, 4/19/12

"Water Hackathon Aims to Understand Brooklyn's Water Pollution" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/04/water-hackathon-aims-to-understand-brooklyns-water-pollution096.html) - Leif Percifield, 4/9/12

"The Faces Behind Public Lab's Grassroots Research Community" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/03/the-faces-behind-public-labs-grassroots-research-community070.html) - Shannon Dosemagen and Sara Wylie, 3/12/12

"Why Collaborative Development Works in a Proprietary World" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/02/why-collaborative-development-works-in-a-proprietary-world038.html) - Jeff Warren, 2/15/12

"How Public Lab's Thermal Flashlight Could Improve Home Insulation" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/01/how-public-labs-thermal-flashlight-could-improve-home-insulation013.html) - Sara Wylie, 1/17/12

"Public Lab Produces Wetlands Maps from Balloon and Kite Flights" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/01/public-lab-produces-wetlands-maps-from-balloon-and-kite-flights357.html)- Stewart Long, 1/4/12

"Public Laboratory: Don't Just Report Science, Do It!" [PBS MediaShift](http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/11/public-laboratory-dont-just-report-science-do-it327.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, Jeff Warren and Sara Wylie, 11/23/11

"Flying High:KITE MAPPING A CHEAP WAY TO CAPTURE IMAGES FROM ABOVE"[Montana Standard](http://mtstandard.com/business/local/flying-high/article_6eacaffe-1327-11e1-9a01-001cc4c002e0.html) [Video](http://mtstandard.com/kite-mapping/vmix_a4282efe-0fcd-11e1-8c8f-001cc4c002e0.html) - Mathew Lippincott and Olivia Everett, 11/20/11

"Public Lab's 'Barnraising' Focuses on DIY Infrared Camera Development" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/11/public-labs-barnraising-focuses-on-diy-infrared-camera-development314.html)- Adam Griffith, 11/16/11

"Public Lab Aims for Affordable Hydrogen Sulfide Sensors" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/10/public-lab-aims-for-affordable-hydrogen-sulfide-gas-sensors294.html)- Sara Wylie and Shannon Dosemagen, 10/25/11

"With Public Lab, a Camera Flies in Brooklyn to Monitor Pollution" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/10/with-public-lab-a-camera-flies-in-brooklyn-to-monitor-pollution273.html)- Liz Barry, 10/3/11

"Taking Steps Toward DIY Spectrometry, So Citizens Can Test for Pollutants" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/09/taking-steps-toward-diy-spectrometry-so-citizens-can-test-for-pollutants249.html) - Jeff Warren, 9/8/11

"Public Lab Helps Communities Do 'Civic Science' Investigations" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/08/public-lab-helps-communities-do-civic-science-investigations224.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, 8/17/11

"Seed Grant Voices: Grassroots Mapping Kit" [MIT Legatum Center](http://legatum.mit.edu/newsletter/spring2010/gmk) - Jeff Warren, 5/27/10

"DIY Mappers offer remarkable images of Gulf Coast oil spill" [PBS IdeaLab blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/05/diy-mappers-offer-remarkable-images-of-gulf-coast-oil-spill132.html) - Jeff Warren, 5/12/10

[Opensource.com](http://opensource.com/life/10/6/mapping-oil-spill-open-source-way) - Jeff Warren, 6/3/10

##Press and Public Lab Mentions##

Vice: [The hunt for Brookly's hidden creeks](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-hunt-for-brooklyns-hidden-creeks), Ben Richmond, 8.29.14

New York Times: [Forensic hydrology at the Gowanus Canal](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/nyregion/forensic-hydrology-at-the-gowanus-canal.html?src=twr&_r=0), Keith Williamsaug, 8.29.14

TechPresident: [Public Lab builds environmental monitoring community, online and off](http://techpresident.com/news/25246/public-lab-builds-environmental-monitoring-community-online-and), Sam Roudman, August 19, 2014.

Nola.com: [New Orleans community groups, water board, get $338,000 in EPA water quality grants](http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/07/new_orleans_community_groups_s.html), July 17, 2014.

New Hampshire Public Radio: [Tech, Environmentalism and Agriculture converge for iFarm](http://nhpr.org/post/tech-environmentalism-and-agriculture-converge-ifarm), Michael Samuels, May 2014

(Queens) Times Ledger: [Boaters battle Flushing Bay pollution](http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2014/21/flushingbaysewage_2014_05_23_q.html), Alex Robinson, May 22, 2014

Forbes: [Grassroots Water Monitoring and Open Data: a fruitful combination](http://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2014/05/12/grassroot-water-monitoring-and-open-data-a-fruitful-combination/), Federico Guerrini, May 12, 2014

CBC Radio, _Spark_: [Public Lab](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/blog/2014/05/18/public-lab/), Nora Young, May 18, 2014

Wired: [Public Lab Infragram featured in the April 2014 print version of Wired](http://publiclab.org/notes/warren/04-15-2014/infragram-featured-in-april-s-issue-of-wired)

PLOS: [The RIFFLE effect: Public Lab's new pilot water monitoring sensor tool](http://blogs.plos.org/citizensci/2014/02/07/riffle-effect-public-labs-new-pilot-water-monitoring-sensor-tool/), Lily Bui, February 7, 2014

Fast Company: [How the BP oil spill launched a movement to investigate pollution with DIY tools](http://www.fastcoexist.com/3025300/how-the-bp-oil-spill-launched-a-movement-to-investigate-pollution-with-diy-tools), Sydney Brownstone, February 6, 2014

SciStarter: [Homebrew Sensing Project: DIY Environmental Monitoring}(http://blogs.plos.org/citizensci/2014/02/05/homebrew-sensing-project-diy-environmental-monitoring/), Ashley Rose Kelly, February 5. 2014

Fast Company: [7 Brilliant Ideas to Make Health More Useful](http://www.fastcoexist.com/3024906/7-brilliant-ideas-to-make-health-data-more-useful), January 15, 2014

Government Technology: [Knight Foundation awards $2.2 Million for Healthcare Tech Projects](http://www.govtech.com/data/Knight-Foundation-Announces-22-million-for-Health-Care-Tech-Projects.html?utm_source=related&utm_medium=direct&utm_campaign=Knight-Foundation-Announces-22-million-for-Health-Care-Tech-Projects), January 14, 2014

Ars Technica: [The Kite Man Cometh: Ars does DIY open-source aerial surveillance](http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/the-kite-man-cometh-ars-does-diy-open-source-aerial-surveillance/), December 18, 2013

Discover Magazine: [100 Top Science Stories of 2013: #76 Science for the People, by the People](http://discovermagazine.com/2014/jan-feb), December 16, 2013

Exposing the Invisible (film): [From my point of view](https://exposingtheinvisible.org/films/1/from-my-point-of-view/), December 2013

Citizens of Science (podcast): [What does open science mean to you?](http://audioboo.fm/boos/1747575-what-does-open-science-mean-to-you-part-2), November 2013

Raspberry Pi blog: [What's that blue thing doing here?](http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/5146), October 29, 2013

Popular Science Online: [How To Turn Your Camera Into A Photosynthesis Detector](http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2013-09/veggie-vision), Sarah Jacoby, October 16, 2013

Popular Science: Veggie Vision: Hack a Digital Camera into a Photosynthesis Detector, Sarah Jacoby, September 2013 print edition.

MakeZine: [Explore Grassroots Science at Maker Faire New York](http://makezine.com/2013/09/15/explore-grassroots-science-at-maker-faire-new-york/), Matt Richardson, 9/15/13

MedCity News: [Want a DIY spectrometer? Visit the Public Lab's open source scientists at NYC Maker Faire](http://medcitynews.com/2013/09/want-a-diy-spectrometor-visit-the-public-labs-open-source-scientists-at-nyc-maker-faire/), Veronica Combs, 9/17/13

Directions Magazine: [Open Data and the Next Evolution in Citizen Science](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/open-data-and-the-next-evolution-in-citizen-science/347361), Melissa Jun Rowley, 9/12/13

Fast Company: [Teenager's are mapping Brazil's Slumn... with Kites](http://www.fastcompany.com/3017247/fast-feed/teenagers-are-mapping-brazils-slums-with-kites), Neal Ungerleider, 9/11/13. Note: Although not attributed to Public Lab, this project is a direct reference to a program that UNICEF and Public Lab partnered on in 2011.

BBC: [Tomorrow's Cities: Rio de Janiero's Bid to Become a Smart City](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22546490), Jane Wakefield, 9/08/13. Note: Although not attributed to Public Lab, this project is a direct reference to a program that UNICEF and Public Lab partnered on in 2011.

Wicked Local: [A View from Above](http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/topstories/x1843582131/A-VIEW-FROM-ABOVE-Software-proven-during-Gulf-oil-spill-used-to-map-bog), Frank Mand, 09/04/13

HackYourPhD: [Public Lab: Civic Science and Collaborative Research in Action!](http://m.soundcloud.com/hackyourphd/hyphdus-liz-barry-public-lab-civic-science), 8/26/13

New Yorker: [By the Numbers](http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2013/08/26/130826ta_talk_frazier), Ian Frazier, 08/26/13 (published earlier)

[Open Data and the Next Evolution in Citizen Science
](http://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1238293), Melissa Jun Rowley, 08/19/13

MIT Technology Review: [Balloons Put a Social Spin on Aerial Surveillance](http://www.technologyreview.com/view/517696/balloons-put-a-social-spin-on-aerial-surveillance/), Aviva Hope Rutkin, 7/31/2013. Also German language reprints [here](http://www.heise.de/tr/artikel/Kartographieren-per-Ballon-1930114.html) and [here](http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Open-Source-Mapping-mit-Ballons-1930094.html).

Los Angeles Times: [10 Notable Tech Projects Getting a Boost from Kickstarter](http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-ten-notable-kickstarter-projects-20130726,0,6142936.story), Jessica Naziri, 7/29/13.

Chemical Heritage Foundation: [Episode 178: In the Air](http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/media/distillations/178-in-the-air.aspx), Eileen Flemming, 7/23/13.

Popular Science: [Balloon Mapping featured in the Popular Science "Big Book of Hacks"](http://publiclab.org/notes/warren/07-21-2013/balloon-mapping-featured-in-popular-science-big-book-of-hacks)

WBUR: [Residents Challenge Pilgrim's Permit for New Nuclear Waste Site](http://www.wbur.org/2013/07/10/pilgrim-nuclear-waste-permit), 7/10/13

All press for the Kickstarter [Infragram: Infrared Photography Project](http://publiclab.org/wiki/infragram-press)

Popular Mechainics: [An Infrared Camera for the DIY Gardner](http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/tools/an-infrared-camera-for-the-diy-gardener-15599521?click=pm_latest), Adam Hadhazy, 6/17/2013

Inhabitat: [Infagram's Photosynthesis Camera Tells You if Your Plants are Growing Well or Under Stress](http://inhabitat.com/infagram-a-photosynthesis-camera-that-tells-you-if-your-plants-are-growing-well-or-under-stress/), Jon Dioffa, 5/28/13

Mashable: [This Inexpensive Camera Measures Your Plants' Health](http://mashable.com/2013/05/29/infragram-near-infrared-camera/), Vignesh Ramachandran

New Scientist: [Cheap infrared camera lets you be an environmental spy](http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23603-cheap-infrared-camera-lets-you-be-an-environmental-spy.html), Paul Marks, 5/28/13

Knight Foundation blog: [Knight to help grantees kickstart a passionate community of supporters](http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2013/5/28/knight-help-grantees-kickstart-passionate-community-supporters/), Chris Sopher, 5/28/13

TechCrunch: [Public Lab’s Crowdfunded Infragram Cameras Let People See Plants In A Different Light](http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/27/public-labs-crowdfunded-infragram-cameras-let-people-see-plants-in-a-different-light/), Chris Zelazco, 5/27/13

Modern Farmer: [Kickstarting the Modern Farm](http://modernfarmer.com/2013/05/kickstarting-the-modern-farm/), Tom Wolf, 5/22/13

Trajectory Magazine.com: [Friday's Food for Thought: DIY aerial mapping](http://trajectorymagazine.com/got-geoint/item/1483-friday%E2%80%99s-food-for-thought-diy-aerial-mapping.html), Lindsay Tilton, 5/3/13

Atlantic Cities: [DIY Mapping Goes Mainstream](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/05/diy-mapping-goes-mainstream/5446/), Emily Badger, 5/1/13

NextCity: [DIY Science for Civic Good](http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/diy-science-for-civic-good), Nancy Scola, 4/16/13

Wired UK: [How to Make Balloon Maps](http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/03/how-to/how-to-make-balloon-maps), Madhumita Venkataramanan, 3/22/13

Storify: [What is Critical Citizen Science? A Dialogue: Part 1](http://storify.com/danmcquillan/what-is-critical-citizen-science-a-dialogue), dan mcquillan, 3/27/2013

Wired.com: [Analyze This: Design Contest Seeks Your Cheap, Open Source Spectrometers](http://www.wired.com/design/2013/03/spectral-challenge/) - Nathan Hurst, 3/7/2013

Teach STEM Now: [Turn a School Laptop into an Inexpensive Spectrometer](http://www.teachstemnow.com/turn-a-school-laptop-into-an-inexpensive-spectrometer/) - Al Chirinian, 1/5/2013

FastCompany.com: [A DIY kite to determine if your water is contaminated](http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681079/a-diy-kit-to-determine-if-your-water-is-contaminated#1) - Emily Badger, 1/8/2013 
   * Also linked to in http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/

Boston.com: [Massachusetts' Biggest Kickstarter Campaigns](http://www.boston.com/business/innovation/2013/01/08/massachusetts-biggest-kickstarter-campaigns/Zv7ymDEbHvbig1NdlaHevO/story.html?pg=11), Alli Knothe, 1/8/2013

Kickstarter: [Best of Kickstarter 2012](http://www.kickstarter.com/year/2012?utm_campaign=Jan082013&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter) - Kickstarter, 1/8/2013

Popular Mechanics: [9 Disaster-Relief Inventions](http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/gonzo/9-disaster-relief-inventions#slide-1) - Laura Kiniry, 12/31/2012

Popular Mechanics: [Seeing the Light](http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/shannon/12-7-2012/seeing-light) - Adam Hadhazy, January 2013 print edition

Chemical and Engineering News: [Do-it-Yourself Spectrometer, Lab in the City](http://www.cen-online.org/articles/90/i47/-Yourself-Spectrometer-Lab-City.html) - Deirdre Lockwood, 11/19/2012

Homeland Security Today [Crowdsourcing Volunteers Contribute To FEMA's Sandy Response](http://www.hstoday.us/channels/fema/single-article-page/crowdsourcing-volunteers-contribute-to-fema-s-sandy-response.html) -  Dan Verton
11/09/12 

MAKE: [Raspberry Pi in the Sky!](http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/08/raspberry-pi-in-the-sky/) - Kevin Osborn, 11/8/2012

FEMA: [FEMA thanking those who adapted MapMill for Hurricane Sandy](http://www.fema.gov/medialibrary/media_records/10369) 10/7/12

Slashdot: [All Over but the Funding: open hardware spectrometer kit](http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/09/21/2334208/all-over-but-the-funding-open-hardware-spectrometer-kit) - MyBlueVan, 9/22/12

The Wall Street Journal: [The Apple/Google Map Wars: what comes next?](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/09/20/the-applegoogle-map-wars-what-comes-next/) - Tom Gara, 9/20/12

Kickstarter blog: [Case Study: Grassroots Mapping](http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/case-study-grassroots-mapping) - Diana Kimball, 9/13/12

The Powerbase: [The State of Open Source Spectrometry](http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/09/the-state-of-open-source-spectrometry/) - Tom Nardi, 9/5/12

Sunlight Foundation blog: [Filming OpenGov Champions: Liz Barry](http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/09/05/filming-opengov-champions-liz-barry/) - Tiina Knuutila, 9/5/12

Dickinson et. al. 2012. The Current State of Citizen Science as a Tool for Ecological Research and Public Engagement. In Ecological Society of America, frontiersinecology.org.

New York Times: [Seeking Brooklyn's Lost Mass Grave](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/nyregion/historian-points-to-gowanus-brooklyn-lot-as-grave-of-first-maryland-regiment.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all) - Justin Burke, 8/25/12

Atlantic Cities: [The Future of Aerial Mapmaking: Cheap helium balloons](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/08/future-aerial-mapmaking-cheap-helium-balloons/3108/) - Emily Badger, 8/30/12

Kickstarter Blog: [Citizen Science and the Spectrometer: A Love Story](http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/citizen-science-and-the-spectrometer-a-love-story?ref=email) - Cassie Marketos, 8/30/12

New York Times: [For local residents, a mission to clean up the Gowanus Canal](http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/for-local-residents-a-mission-to-clean-up-the-gowanus-canal/) - Peter Moskowitz, 7/16/12

MarthaHenson: blog: [Notes from #SXSWi: Public Lab: Mapping, DIY Activism & Civic Science #PublicLab](http://marthasadie.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/public-lab-mapping-diy-activism-civic-science/) - Martha Henson, 5/21/12

CassandraDaily: [All Mapped Up](http://www.cassandradaily.com/tech/all-mapped-up/) - 5/18/12

LifeHacker: [How to balloon map your neighborhood Google Maps style](http://lifehacker.com/5911096/how-to-balloon-map-your-neighborhood-google-maps-style) - Thorin Klosowski, 5/17/12

Geek.com: [Geek projects: Adventures in balloon mapping](http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/adventures-in-balloon-mapping-20120517/) - Sal Cangeloso, 5/17/12

The Verge: [Occupy maps the skies over May Day protests with DIY balloon cameras](http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2994140/occupy-grassroots-mapping-aerial-photography)- Joshua Kopstein, 5/2/12

Google Earth Sightseer: [New Balloon and Kite Imagery](http://www.google.com/earth/connect/newsletter/apr12.html) - featured blog for April 2012 edition

Engadget: [Google Earth adds balloon and kite imagery, invites you to contribute](http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/17/google-earth-adds-balloon-and-kite-aerial-imagery/)- Donald, Melanson, 4/17/12

Clubic: [Google Earth devient participatif, cerfs-volants et ballons ? l'h?lium requis](http://www.clubic.com/internet/univers-google/google-maps/actualite-487334-cartographie-google-earth-cerf-volants-ballons-helium.html)- Audrey Oeillet, 4/17/12

Gizmodo: [Balloon and kite cameras give gorgeous Google Earth](http://gizmodo.com/5902926/balloon-and-kite-cameras-give-gorgeous-google-earth?tag=google)- Molly Oswaks, 4/17/12

Google Lat Long Blog: [Balloon and kite imagery in Google Earth](http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/04/balloon-and-kite-imagery-in-google.html)- Christiaan Adams, 4/17/12

Knight Foundation Blog: [Knight News Challenge winners discuss successes, road bumps and challenges](http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2012/4/17/2011-knight-news-challenge-winners-discuss-successes-road-bumps-and-challenges/) - Elizabeth Miller, 4/17/12

Google Maps Mania: [Mapping with Drones](http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2012/03/mapping-with-drones.html) - Keith Clarke, 3/21/12

UNICEF: [In Brazil, adolescents use UNICEF's new digital mapping technology to reduce disaster risks in the favelas](http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/brazil_62043.html) - Caparelli, et al., 3/19/12

MAKE zine blog: [Alt.SXSW: DIY Balloon and Kite Mapping](http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/16/alt-sxsw-diy-balloon-and-kite-mapping/) - Adam Flaherty, 3/16/12

FSG Global Health Blog: [Responding To Health Challenges Through Grassroots Mapping](http://www.fsg.org/KnowledgeExchange/Blogs/GlobalHealth/PostID/258.aspx) - Carina Wendel, 3-7-2012 

Le Monde Science and Techno Section: [Les Sciences Citoyennes: Les profanes jouent avec les experts](http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/le-monde-science-techno-section-coverage)- 3-3-12

New Scientist: [Thermal Flashlight 'Paints' Cold Rooms with Colour](http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328546.200-thermal-flashlight-paints-cold-rooms-with-colour.html) - 3-2-12

NPR On the Media [Drones: Coming to a Sky Near You?](http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/jan/13/drones-coming-soon-sky-near-you/)- 1-13-12

Boston Globe: [Knight Foundation Merging Media, Minds and Money](http://bostonglobe.com/business/2011/11/22/knight-foundation-merging-media-minds-and-money/WK8Vi8kbDQIBFapFxZm7JM/story.html)- D.C. Denison, 11-11

The Mobile City (also appeared on Data Driven Journalism): [How Kite Photography Can Empower Local Communities](http://www.themobilecity.nl/2011/10/19/how-kite-photography-can-empower-local-communities/)- Martin de Waal, 10-11

Creative Applications Network: [Mediated Landscapes 03: DIY Cartography (Theory)](http://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/mediated-cityscapes-03-diy-cartography-theory/)- Greg J. Smith, 8-11

Tech President: [How DIY Science is Solving Ecological Mysteries in New York City](http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/how-diy-science-solving-ecological-mysteries-new-york-city)- Nick Judd, 8-25-11

BBC Click: [How to Create Your Own Aerial Map](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9555369.stm)- 8-19-11

BBC Radio: [Laura Sheeter Talks About Aerial Photos: Did you know you could now take your own aerial pictures? Join Laura on an aerial view of New Orleans](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00j4dq8#p00jkrtp)- Laura Sheeter, 8-3-11

Harvard Nieman Journalism Lab: [The MacGyver method: With News Challenge funding, The Public Lab is building up its civic media toolkit](http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/07/the-macgyver-method-with-news-challenge-funding-the-public-lab-is-building-up-its-civic-media-toolkit/)- Megan Garber, 07-11

Grist: [In the future, cleaning robots will sniff out air pollution](http://www.grist.org/list/2011-07-18-in-the-future-cleaning-robots-will-sniff-out-air-pollution)- Jess Zimmerman, 7-18-11

Technology Review: [Robot lights up at pollution](http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38059/page1/#photo)- Kristina Grifantini, 7-17-11

PBS MediaShift IdeaLab: [MIT Produces a String of Civic Media Success Stories](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/03/mit-produces-a-string-of-civic-media-success-stories072.html) - Chris Csikszentmih?lyi, 3-14-11

Good Magazine: [Grassroots Mapping: How You Can Create Aerial Cartography for Under $100, and Use It to Do Good](http://www.good.is/post/grassroots-mapping-how-you-can-create-aerial-cartography-for-under-100-and-use-it-to-do-good/) -  Ben Jervey, 3-7-11

LifeHacker: [Weekend Project: DIY Balloon Aerial Photography on the Cheap](http://lifehacker.com/?_escaped_fragment_=5765075/diy-balloon-aerial-photography-on-the-cheap) -  Adam Pash, 2-17-11

Wilamette Week: [Local Designer To Build Balloons To Help Document Gulf Oil Spill](http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-1086-local_designer_to_build_balloons_to_help_document_.html) - Ron Knox, 6-25-2010

SolveClimate News: [$100 Aerial Mapping Technique Finding Multiple Uses, Grassroots Interest](http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20110215/100-aerial-mapping-technique-finding-multiple-uses-grassroots-interest) with [slideshow](http://solveclimatenews.com/slideshow/story-grassroots-mapping) - Lisa Song, 2-15-11

Brooklyn Eagle: [D.I.Y Mapping of the Gowanus?](http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=40985) - Mike Weiss, 1/27/11

OnEarth Magazine: [Mapping the Grassroots](http://www.onearth.org/article/mapping-the-grassroots) - Alan Burdick, 1/27/11

[CBS News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ERceRSjd7w&feature=related)

[ABC News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2FO8vjkdOg&feature=player_embedded#)

[Boston Globe](http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/09/05/gov_20_advocates_put_government_technology_together_to_find_solutions/?page=full) - D.C. Denison, 9/05/10

[Associated Press](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9xJ8woAR4Ml-YII1XaGc7wj4o5wD9IB3VE80http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9xJ8woAR4Ml-YII1XaGc7wj4o5wD9IB3VE80) - BARBARA ORTUTAY, 9/19/10

[abc.net](http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2010/3007041.htm) - (australia) - 9/16/10

[Guilty Planet](http://scienceblogs.com/guiltyplanet/2010/07/grassroots_mapping.php) - "Balloon on the Bayou: Grassroots Mapping in Bay Baptiste" - Jennifer L. Jacquet, 7/13/10

[france24.com](http://www.france24.com/en/20100618-oil-spill-africa-philippines) - 6/18/10

Engadget: [MIT-based Grassroots Mapping mapping the oil spill with digital camera, kites](http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/mit-based-grassroots-mapping-mapping-the-oil-spill-with-digital/) - Laura June, 6/17/10

[The Takeaway](http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/jun/15/grasping-size-oil-leak-one-photo-at-time/) - Noel King, 6/15/10

Inhabitat: [DIY Kite Photographs the Gulf Oil Spill to Map its True Size](http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/10/diy-kite-photographs-the-gulf-oil-spill-to-map-the-spills-true-size/) - Britt Liggett, 6/10/10

NYTimes bits blog: [Taking On the Gulf Oil Spill With Kites and Cameras](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/hacking-the-gulf-oil-spill-with-kites-and-cameras/)

[green.blogs.nytimes.com](http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/oil-spill-resources/) - Jeremy Zilar, 

[WGBH Boston](http://www.wgbh.org/897/programDetail.cfm?programid=854) - 6/7/10

[WBUR Boston](http://www.wbur.org/2010/05/27/want-to-make-your-own-kite-cam-heres-how) - Andrew Phelps, 5/27/10

[JustMeans.com](http://www.justmeans.com/Start-up-Uses-Kites-Map-Impact-of-Oil-Spill/17287.html) - Marcia Stepanek, 6/5/10

[Daily Kos](http://webkit.dailykos.com/stories/2010/5/27/870335/-We-Have-Something-the-People-in-Alaska-Didnt.html) - Crashing Vor, 5/27/10

[Earth2tech](http://earth2tech.com/2010/06/05/weekend-ecohack-grassroots-mapping-of-the-bp-oil-spill/) - Katie Fehrenbacher, 6/5/10

[MIT News Office](http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/oil-balloon-0517.html) - David Chandler, 5/17/10

[PBS IdeaLab blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/05/balloon-mapping-the-oil-spill-proves-responsive-open-source138.html) - Andrew Whitacre, 5/19/10

[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/06/crowdsource.gulf.oil/index.html) - John Sutter, 5/6/10

[Mashable](http://mashable.com/2010/05/15/social-media-oil-spill/) - Geoff Livingston, 5/15/10

[TechPresident](http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/people-vs-deepwater-horizon-oil-mess) - Nancy Scola, May 27, 2010

[PopTech](http://poptech.org/blog/crude_awakening_?_new_technologies_being_used_to_stop_and_track_the_oil_spill_and_what_you_can_do_to_help) - Sloane Berrent, 6/1/10

[AOL Autos](http://autos.aol.com/article/oil-spill-gas-prices/) - Kevin Ransom, 6/3/10

[WorldChanging](http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/011208.html) - \WorldChanging Team, 5/25/10

[TreeHugger](http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/08/innovative-mapping-project-tracks-gulf-oil-with-kites-and-balloons.php), 8/25/10

##Presentations & Events##

May 30, 2014 - New York, NY - Shannon Dosemagen, on Columbia University Tow Center for Journalism panel, "Robot Reporters: What new journalistic data gathering tools, such as drones and sensors are on the horizon?"

May 1, 2014 - Chicago, IL - Shannon Dosemagen, Community/Campus Partnerships for Health annual conference. Participation on a panel titled, "New Frontiers for Partnerships Across Citizen Science and Community-Based Participatory Research"

**March 14, 2014** - New Orleans, LA - Shannon Dosemagen, Building Resilience Workshop IV. Participation on panel titled, "Building Creative Capital: Blending Innovative Strategies with Risk Reduction Efforts"

**February 26, 2014** - New Orleans, LA - Shannon Dosemagen. Tulane University Environmental Science Department talk on Public Lab. 

**February 20-22, 2014** - London, UK - Shannon Dosemagen. Various session participation at the Citizen Science Summit including badging and online communities, environmental justice and community monitoring and open access journals and practitioners and citizen science.

**November 29, 2013** - Madrid, Spain - Shannon Dosemagen. [Citizen Science Hackfest](http://daniellombrana.es/blog/2013/12/02/cienciaciudadana.html) at MediaLab Prado. Talk on open science and volunteer sensing.

**November 19, 2013** - Nashville, KY - Jeff Warren. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry annual conference. "Open-source collaboration and a "big data" approach to household spectrometry" in session titled _Innovative Environment: New Tools for Addressing Issues in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry_.

**November 4-8, 2013** - Kigali, Rwanda - Public Lab Organizer, Don Blair, presenting the Infragram project at [ICT4Ag](http://ict4ag.org/en/).

**October 30, 2013** - Washington, DC - Shannon Dosemagen. Tools and Technologies for Environmental Health at the Health and Environmental Funders Network conference.

**September 22, 2013** - New York, NY - Eymund Diegel, Jen Hudon, Gena Wirth, Liz Barry, Shannon Dosemagen. World Maker Faire Main stage. 

**September 2-5, 2013** - London, UK - Shannon Dosemagen and Mathew Lippincott. Aerial mapping and spectrometry workshops with Citizens Without Borders and University College London Extreme Citizen Science group.

**August 27, 2013** - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Shannon Dosemagen. Hacks/Hackers BA

**August 11, 2013** - New York City - Will Ward. Maker Talks at The Makery Pop-up Maker Space

**July 12, 2013** - Paris, France - Shannon Dosemagen. [NightScience](http://nightscience.org/conferences/)

**June 29, 2013** - Kansas City - Shannon Dosemagen. [MakerFaire KC](http://www.makerfairekc.com/)

**June 9, 2013** San Fransico - Liz Barry. [State of the Map US](http://stateofthemap.us/)

**June 1, 2013** New York City - Liz Barry. Columbia Journalism School Tow Center [Sensor Journalism Conference](http://towcenter.org/events/1788/)

**May 18, 2013** - Davis, California - Stewart Long [Tedx](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22brTRmlmhE)

**May 14, 2013** - New York - Eymund Diegel and Sean McGinnis. [GEO NYC](http://www.meetup.com/geonyc/events/110792052/): "Mapping in the Field: On site and in person"

**May 4-5, 2013** - Jessi Breen, Shannon Dosemagen, Liz Barry. [Transparency Camp](http://transparencycamp.org/): 1 - Open hardware: sensors, privacy and civic data; 2 - What citizen science can teach open government.

**April 6, 2013** - New York - Liz Barry. [iLAND Symposium](http://www.ilandart.org/iland-symposium/2013-iland-symposium/): Embodied research.

**April 4, 2013** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. [NY Tech Incubator Citizen Science Panel](https://www.nytech.org/events/citizen-science): How is data visualization and citizen science driving new technologies and improving life on Earth? _With CartoDB and Foursquare_

**March 29, 2013** - Jersey City, NJ - Shannon Dosemagen. Advance Publications. Grassroots Science and Civic Media Collaborations

**February 28, 2013** - Washington, D.C. - Liz Barry. [FedGeo Day](http://fedgeoday.com/): Visions for improving federal geodata, AKA, "gov can dish it, but can they take it?"

**November 16, 2012** - Baltimore, MD - Liz Barry. [University of Baltimore, Maryland Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education Seminar Series](http://www.umbc.edu/cuere/seminarSeries.html)

**November 11, 2012** - London, UK - Shannon Dosemagen. [Science Online London](http://www.nature.com/spoton/event/spoton-london-formerly-science-online-london-2012/): Public Participation in Research.

**November 9, 2012** New York, NY - Liz Barry. EcoHackIII [aerial microbes](http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/en/microbes) 

**October 19, 2012** - Copenhagen, Denmark- Sara Wylie and Shannon Dosemagen, [Society for the Social Study of Science](http://www.4sonline.org/meeting), Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Open-source development of tools for grassroots science

**October 16, 2012** - Copenhagen, Denmark-Sara Wylie [Digital STS Workshop](http://digitalsts.wordpress.com/about/)

**October 13, 2012** - Portland, Oregon - Mathew Lippincott and Liz Barry. [State Of The Map US](http://stateofthemap.us/)

**September 28, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry and Shannon Dosemagen. [Open Hardware Summit "Supporting Community Advocacy"](http://summit.oshwa.org/2012/07/23/2012-speaker-lineup/)

**September 22, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. Informal Waste Sector Conference, Communities: Big Data and Mobile Governance Panel. "Big Participation: Public Laboratory and OpenStreetMap"

**September 20, 2012** - Lexington, KY- Shannon Dosemagen, Department of Geography. 

**September 1, 2012** - Linz, Austria- Jeff Warren. ARS Electronica Festival 2012. [The Big Picture: Concepts for a New World](http://www.aec.at/thebigpicture/en/)

**August 5, 2012** - Portland, OR- Shannon Dosemagen and Mathew Lippincott. Public Participation in Scientific Research [conference poster](http://www.citizenscience.org/community/conference2012/)

**July 3, 2012** - Cape Town, South Africa- Shannon Dosemagen. Understanding Risk Forum: Mapping Global Risk: [Applications of crowdsourcing for development and disaster response](http://www.understandrisk.org/ur/)

**June 27, 2012** - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Jeffrey Warren. "[Citizen Science: for whom?](http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/6-27-2012/waag-society-citizen-science-presentation)" [Citizen Science on the Move (conference)](http://citizenscience.nl), [Waag Society](http://waag.nl)/University of Utrecht.

**June 28, 2012** - Troy, NY- Shannon Dosemagen, Mathew Lippincott, Sara Wylie. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Triple Helix, Technoscience as Activism conference: [Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science](http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?p=2102)

**June 27, 2012** - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Jeff Warren. Waag Society: [Citizen Science Presentation](http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/6-27-2012/waag-society-citizen-science-presentation)

**June 19, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. [EPA Region 2 Citizen Science Conference](http://r2citizensciencenyc.eventbrite.com/). "Civic Science: An Open Research Model"

**June 13, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. Urban Design Faculty Seminar at Columbia University Graduate School for Architecture Planning and Preservation. 

**May 19, 2012** - Houston, TX - Shannon Dosemagen. Environmental Justice Encuentro: [Community Generated Air Column Monitoring](http://ejencuentro.org/?page_id=10)

**May 11, 2012** - Providence, RI - Sara Wylie. Society for Cultural Anthropology: [Practicing Cultural Critique of Science: How helium balloons and digital cameras can rival satellites](http://sca.culanth.org/meetings/meetingsindex.htm)

**April 20, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry and Shannon Dosemagen. EcoHack II: [Air Column Monitor](http://www.ecohacknyc.org/)

**April 2, 2012** - San Francisco, California - Mathew Lippincott, Stewart Long.
 Where 2.0, O'reilly Media: "[Grassroots Mapping Flight Demo](http://whereconf.com/where2012/public/schedule/detail/24711)"

**March 24, 2012** - Boston, MA - Liz Barry. [Harvard Landscape Infrastructure Symposium: Citizen Cartographies](http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/landscape-infrastructure.html). 

**March 11, 2012** - Austin, Texas - Shannon Dosemagen, Mathew Lippincott, Jen Hudon, Greg Foster, SXSW Interactive- Public Laboratory panel

**March 9, 2012** - Houston, Texas - Shannon Dosemagen and Mathew Lippincott, Tx/Rx Labs- "Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Sceince"

**March 9 - April 19, 2012** - San Francisco, California - SOMArts - "I Am Crime, Art on the Edge of Law", http://www.somarts.org/iamcrime

**February 17, 2012** - London, United Kingdom - Shannon Dosemagen and Sara Wylie, 2nd Annual Citizen Cyberscience Summit- Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Open-source development of tools for grassroots science

**January 15, 2012** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. [Energy! A New School Moment Panel](http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/pastevents.aspx?id=78223). "Spectroscopy and the Thingness of Energy"

**December 13, 2011** - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Liz Barry, Eye on Earth Summit. Civic Science vs. Crowdsourcing". Presenters at Innovation Forum- Liz Barry and Shannon Dosemagen

**November 16, 2011** - Montreal, Quebec - Shannon Dosemagen and Jeffrey Warren, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting: 
Panel: Prototype 
Paper: Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Open-Source Development of Tools for Grassroots Science

**November 4, 2011** - Cleveland, Ohio - Shannon Dosemagen, Society for Social Studies of Science: 
Panel: STS in Practice: Science, Engineering and STS as Partners in Social Justice and Sustainability. 
Paper: Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Environmental Justice, Citizen Science, and Participatory STS in Monitoring of Disaster Landscapes.
 	
**October 13, 2011** - New York, NY - Liz Barry. [Mobility Shifts @ The New School](http://mobilityshifts.org/conference/) "DIY-U Civic Science: tools for learning, tools for research" 

**Sept 16, 2011** - Denver, Colorado - Stewart Long, Shannon Dosemagen FOSS4G 2011: "[Beyond vectors: Adapting remote sensing research for environmental monitoring with open source hardware and software: Citizen mapping the BP oil spill with balloons and kites
](http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/beyond-vectors-adapting-remote-sensing-research-environmental-monitoring-open-source-hardwa)"

**Sept 15, 2011** - Amsterdam, Netherlands - "[Creating cheap open source aerial imagery and data for community efforts to cleanup a polluted neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, USA](http://vimeo.com/29616169)" ([slides](http://slideshare.net/ejc/eymund-diegel-grassroots-mapping))- Eymund Diegel, PICNIC 2011

**Sept 15, 2011** - Denver, Colorado - Jeff Warren, Adam Griffith, FOSS4G 2011: "[Crowdsourcing Aerial Image Mapping with MapMill.org and MapKnitter.org](http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/crowdsourcing-aerial-image-mapping-mapmillorg-and-cartagen-knitter)"

**Sept 11, 2011** - Denver, Colorado - Shannon Dosemagen, Jeff Warren, State of the Map 2011 - "[Developing an Ethics of Data Openness and Community Participation](http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/content/grassroots-mapping-developing-ethics-data-openness-and-community-participation)"

**Sept 8, 2011** - Boulder, Colorado - Jeff Warren, Mapping Democratization Conference, CU Boulder - "Situating activist mapping technology"

**Aug 13, 2011** - Lima, Peru - Jeff Warren, Open Data conference

**June 22, 2011** - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Shannon Dosemagen and Adam Griffith, talk and workshop at the MIT Knight conference

**June 6-7, 2011** - New York City - Personal Democracy Forum 2011, Jeff Warren and Liz Barry - "Open Source Aerial Imagery"

**May 6-7, 2011** - Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis, Jeff Warren

* Cambridge, Massachusetts - Liz Barry and Jeff Warren, [talk & workshop](/wiki/2011-harvard-gca-conference), "Community-based approaches to high-resolution multispectral imaging with balloons" & "How to make your own aerial imagery for $100"

**April 7, 2011** - University of Georgia Athens, Roosevelt Institute for Public Policy, Shannon Dosemagen keynote and panelist on emergency preparedness and policy response

**Mar 25, 2011** - Trade School @ the Whitney Museum of American Art

* New York City: Public Laboratory will be [teaching a class](/wiki/whitney-trade-school-class) on [DIY Spectrometry](/tool/spectrometer) at the Whitney starting at 7pm. 

**March 4, 2011** - BLUE on Tour- Auburn University, Alabama

* 1:00 - 2:30pm, [Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon) - "Master Class: Innovations in Aerial-Mapping Technology"
* http://publiclaboratory.org/event/3-4-2011/blue-tour-auburn-university-alabama

**Feb 11, 2011** - Tech@State Open Source conference

* US Department of State - [Jeffrey Warren](/people/warren), ""
* Subsequent unconference organized by US Dept. of State - [Liz Barry](/people/liz), [Leif Percifield](/people/lpercifield), "Citizen Science"

**Jan 22, 2011** - California Map Society

* UCLA Clark Library - [Stewart Long](/people/gonzoearth)

**Nov 18, 2010** - Personal Democracy Forum Latin America

* Santiago, Chile - [Jeff Warren](/people/warren)

**Nov 12, 2010** - Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging for Science

* Pittsburgh - [Jeff Warren](/people/warren) [http://www.cmu.edu/events/gigapixel-science/](cmu.edu/events/gigapixel-science/)

**Oct 31-Nov 3, 2010** -  Geologic Society of America, Denver Annual Meeting

* Denver - [Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon)
* [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_178840.htm](gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_178840.htm)

**Oct 1-3, 2010** International Conference on Crisis Mapping

* Boston - Jeff Warren - [http://www.crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-agenda](crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-agenda)

**Aug 12, 2010**  - Ignite Spatial

* Boston, MA - Jeff Warren [http://ignite.oreilly.com/2010/07/ignite-spatial-boston-2.html](ignite.oreilly.com)

**June 3-4, 2010**  - Personal Democracy Forum

* New York, NY - Jeff Warren

**May 19 2010** Crisis Mappers Network Webcast

* GeoTime webcast - Jeff Warren - [http://www.geotime.com/cmnet.aspx](Mapping the Gulf Oil Spill With Balloons & Kites)