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

[Danny Spitzberg]

I have access to a couple of bGeigie on loan to me via MIT 


http://medcom.com/product/bgeigie-nano-geiger-counter-kit/




Would those be useful?

On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 8:14 PM, johanna faust <female.faust at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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