"Making Sense" : Motivations and methodologies from Egg community
We got really lucky about a month and a half ago in that we shot a ton of video at a hackathon in London where members of our normally distributed community were working on the AirQualityEgg for the first time together in a single place. "Making Sense" is the result, a short piece documenting the first deployment and testing of AirQualityEgg sensing units as well as the motivations and methodologies surrounding the project. We hope it explains why we are all excited about this far beyond the obvious gains for environmental awareness. Enjoy!
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Application beta tester. Even if you don't collect your own data, you can still benefit from applications developed by the community that uses the aggregate open data from Air Quality Eggs around the world.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $30 or more
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Represent DIY air quality monitoring with a T-Shirt and Sticker set that we promise will not be lame. Shipping to US address included.
Estimated delivery: May 2012Pledge $40 or more
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Custom air quality sensor shield for Arduino with ability to sense NO2, CO, temp, humidity. This will allow you to build your own sensor system with your own Arduino and participate in the community by generating data with the same sensors as everyone else. Shipping to US address included.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $53 or more
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Air quality sensor Arduino shield + shipping costs to any non-US address.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $70 or more
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Wired (ethernet/power to outside sensor box) air quality sensor box only, in DIY kit form (parts in a bag with tutorial). This will allow you to enjoy the reduced cost of building the sensor system yourself while having all of the necessary parts and instructions delivered to you ready to go. Generate the same data as the rest of the community with the same sensor system. Shipping to US address included.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $83 or more
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Wired DIY sensor box + shipping costs to any non-US address.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $100 or more
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Air Quality Egg. Fully assembled, Plug and Play, wireless air quality sensing system. Generates NO2, CO, temperature and humidity data and displays it on a web-based dashboard accessible from anywhere. Shipping to US address included.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $113 or more
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Air Quality Egg + shipping costs to any non-US address.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $250 or more
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Air Quality Egg + O3, VOC, Radiation, and Dust/Particulate sensor upgrades. Shipping to US included, add $13 for international shipping.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $2,500 or more
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Air Quality Egg on-site workshop for 30 people. We will come to you with parts to build 30 wired air quality sensor boxes and build them with you. Travel costs are included to locations in the US and Europe.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $10,000 or more
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Sensor up a CITY. Let's do a big rally to kick it off. We'll come with 100 Air Quality Eggs, run a clinic, do some talks about sensing/science/community, have an exchange of ideas. Our travel is included to anywhere in US/Europe. 100 people will take home Eggs. Instant critical mass. This is a great way for corporations who want to sponsor this project to get involved, either to give back to the community or engage their own employees in the movement.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012
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Creator Cecil Denney on April 16, 2012
The value of this project has several dimensions. First, one can talk about air quality all they want, but it is ACTION that can make a difference, not just talk. One also needs to understand that ACTION is necessary and always creates a REACTION. The accumulation of data creates power. Of course, there will be those who have a vested interest in attacking the validity of the data, but its value comes from its potential volume creating a statistical foundation. Being open source is a challenge to those who would want to invalidate the effort. Opening up all forms of air quality data to open inspection is the only way to have "calibrated" instruments accepted as valid sources of information. More Power to you all. This is a great project and totally in line with a new technological age and openness. Thanks.
Cecil Denney