http://science.okfn.org/2013/11/01/my-first-month-as-a-panton-fellow/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 http://science.okfn.org/2013/11/01/my-first-month-as-a-panton-fellow/#comment-8381 Sat, 09 Nov 2013 10:15:31 +0000 http://science.okfn.org/?p=1717#comment-8381 Good to hear Rosie. I think the challenge here is ensuring that any design reaches a large enough community to get plenty of data points – this is a marketing and outreach problem, not a technical one. The Egg has done quite well on this I think. Of course, calibration is important – but the steps of how to get plenty of a new design deployed, especially as the “early adopters” who are keen on the space are likely to already have an Egg, will be important too, and worth thinking about early on. For example, if you thought you could reach a large set of citizen deployers who shared some common interest (I don’t know, perhaps they like pink decor on their balconies) then that could potentially steer design decisions (make sure the sensor is pink). Good luck!

]]> http://science.okfn.org/2013/11/01/my-first-month-as-a-panton-fellow/#comment-7868 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:42:20 +0000 http://science.okfn.org/?p=1717#comment-7868 Hi Laura, yes I have looked at it (I actually have one set up in my house!) but as you say there are some issues with callibration and sensitivity and so we’re hoping to improve on this design- I am a huge fan of the concept though.

]]> http://science.okfn.org/2013/11/01/my-first-month-as-a-panton-fellow/#comment-7692 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 19:46:31 +0000 http://science.okfn.org/?p=1717#comment-7692 I assume you’ve looked at the Air Quality Egg which has had lots of attention in the open hardware space and in citizen sensing more generally. I know there are some concerns in some quarters about calibration of the egg data – perhaps that’s why you aren’t using it?
http://airqualityegg.com/

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