CEP011 - Environmental Monitoring with Conservify
Conservify is creating the FieldKit, a new modular system for environmental monitoring for research scientists and citizen scientists. The engineering team joins Chris to talk about deploying measurement systems into harsh environments and how to make things that last.
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0:00 Introduction
1:11 Conservify team introduction
6:20 Deploying electronics into harsh environments
10:35 Using off the shelf components
12:29 Monitoring water levels in the Amazon river basin
14:20 How did scientists measure things in the past?
20:23 Correlating data in the past
22:49 Open source in field science
23:22 FieldKit Hardware
28:11 Accomodating different hardware needs
31:30 Hardware details
34:20 Power requirements for the field
36:48 Unexpected customer requests
38:40 Community contributed hardware / firmware
44:50 Data visualization
48:10 FieldKit.org demo
52:35 Publishing without hardware
55:28 Who is using FieldKit?
57:25 Pilot program with NYC
58:30 Upcoming air quality kit
1:03:10 Giveaway of FieldKit stations
1:05:22 Focus on affordability
1:06:14 Deploying more non-profit FieldKits
1:07:32 Where to find more info
1:08:30 Hackaday Prize
1:09:32 Summary and wrap-up