[sudo-discuss] [CCL] Global Radiation Monitoring Network

[johanna faust]

add to meeting agenda?



On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 8:13 PM, johanna faust <female.faust at gmail.com>
wrote:

> yes yes yes!  i have an old geiger counter, from the 50s, in good shape,
> needs one or two points soldered -- will bring it in -- lets have a rad
> meetup!
>
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Cere Mona Davis <ceremona at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Still tho.  Might be good to mention on their website.
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The nodes for the Global Radiation Monitoring Network are enclosed, so
>>> they do mostly gamma.
>>>
>>> The Geiger counters that Matt S and I have do both beta and gamma,
>>> because the tube is very exposed.
>>>
>>> Patrik
>>> On Sep 13, 2014 1:29 PM, "Matt Harbowy" <hbergeronx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Geiger counters measure beta and gamma, typically. Alpha particles are
>>>> hard to detect.
>>>>
>>>> Matt Harbowy -hbergeronx at gmail.com
>>>> 650 243 8467 - @hbergeronx on Twitter
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 13, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Cere Mona Davis <ceremona at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think we already have one of these monitors, as I have seen it around
>>>> CCL.  Funny how I can't find anywhere information about what kinds of
>>>> radiation they are detecting.  I gather that it's just X-ray/Cosmic stuff
>>>> and not alpha/beta particles, etc?
>>>>
>>>> -Cere
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Awesome, I'm willing to help!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a Geiger counter from this kit
>>>>> http://mightyohm.com/blog/products/geiger-counter/ that we can use
>>>>> for educational / demonstration / artistic purposes as well!
>>>>>
>>>>> I emailed the contact address on the website: radu.motisan at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> There's no obvious way to purchase a device or see how much one costs,
>>>>> so I asked.
>>>>>
>>>>> // Matt
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Cere Mona Davis <ceremona at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> emailing on the go.....
>>>>>> On Sep 12, 2014 2:56 PM, "Patrik D'haeseleer" <patrikd at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Want to have our own networked radiation monitoring station? The
>>>>>>> Global Radiation Monitoring Network is looking to add nodes to
>>>>>>> their network <http://www.uradmonitor.com/join-the-network/>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They only have two dozen or so nodes around the world so far, and
>>>>>>> none in California. "In this early phase of the project, there is only a
>>>>>>> minimal, non-profit cost, to cover the hardware components used and the
>>>>>>> shipping."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The nodes are weatherproofed, and only need 5V power and an ethernet
>>>>>>> cable. Is this something that could potentially be piggy-backed on to the
>>>>>>> sudo mesh nodes as well? One of their node models has a barometric pressure
>>>>>>> sensor as well. Not sure to what extent this is an open source project, but
>>>>>>> we could find out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They were just featured as one of the semifinalists for the
>>>>>>> Hackaday prize
>>>>>>> <http://hackaday.com/2014/09/11/global-radiation-monitoring-network-update/>,
>>>>>>> so I expect they'll be getting an influx of new node requests...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Patrik
>>>>>>>
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