[open-science] Hands-on Citizen Science at the Science Museum LATES tonight
Margaret Gold
margaret at tmc.bz
Wed May 28 12:07:42 UTC 2014
We hope to see many of you at the Science Museum tonight! The Citizen
Cyberlab has some really cool demos that we'll be showing on the 3rd floor
by the Launchpad, so do come by and see us:
Welcome to Hands-on Citizen Science at the Science Museum LATES!
Have you ever wished you could make a difference when you hear about
earthquakes or flooding happening on the other side of the world? Do you
want to create a new organism by engineering DNA? Maybe do some hardware
hacking with Inupiat hunter-gatherers in the Arctic Circle? Then YOU could
become a Citizen Scientist. Come join us on *the third floor in the Cafe
area
<http://citizencyberlab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Hands-on-Citizen-Science-Map1.png>
*alongside
the Launchpad to *Evolve, Make a Difference, Learn & Hack*!
*Get our Mobile App for the Event. <http://sml-app.mobilecollective.co.uk/>*
Hands-on Citizen Science
<http://citizencyberlab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hack_1.jpg>Citizen
Science is science that anybody can get involved in – gathering field data,
analysing & identifying data, playing problem-solving games, ‘hacking’
together sensor devices to measure and impact your own direct environment,
and even creating and running your own experiments.
Citizen Science can be done out in the field with a mobile phone, with
others and a bunch of hackable hardware and sensors, or from the comfort of
your home computer.
*Give it a try at the Science Museum LATES!*
EVOLVE! Be a superbug in the Hero.Coli game
Hero.coli <http://herocoli.com/> is an adventure game which lets you
explore a living world, and collect and combine functional DNA fragments in
order to engineer and control the abilities of a bacterium and face
obstacles and dangers. Join the quest of a nano-robot and its bacterium
companion Cellia to ensure the balance and prosperity of their living world.
*Start your journey now. <http://herocoli.com/lates>*
Show us your mastery of synthetic biology by finishing the game in record
time, and give us some ideas about how to make the game even better! *Find
out more.
<http://citizencyberlab.eu/portfolio/hero-coli-science-museum-lates/>*
MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Use Geotag-X to help UNITAR map disasters
Geotag-X <http://www.geotagx.org/> is UNITAR’s web platform to enable
anyone around the world to assist their disaster response efforts by
helping to analyse the massive amounts of data that are produced during a
crisis, which is an overwhelmingly difficult task for a small team, but
easy to share across a large number of volunteers. The GeoTag-X plugin
allows you to help collect photos that are relevant to the disaster and add
them to the pool of photos online.
Challenge 1: Yamuna Monsoon Flooding
The river Yamuna is the lifeline of Delhi’s water supply, but it is dying
from industrial pollution and untreated sewage. It is one of the most
polluted rivers in the world. Citizen-generated images can document the
gravity of the river pollution, its multiple adverse effects on communities
and the urgency for environmental restoration of the river.
*Help us to tag photos of the flooding
<http://www.geotagx.org/app/category/yamuna-womenforsustainablecities/> *shared
with us by Citizens, that can be used together with satellite-generated
images to understand where people are affected by toxic flood water, and
aid flood relief and rescue operations.
Challenge 2: Yemeni Water Usage
UNOSAT is assisting the NGO ACTED in mapping agricultural areas of the
Raymah division of Yemen that have been hit by drought. Much of this work
is done with satellite imagery but UNOSAT is seeking photographs or videos
depicting agricultural areas and practices in or near the Raymah division
of Yemen. This will help ACTED to improve water usage in times of drought.
Download the Firefox Plugin, and *help us Find
Photos*<http://www.geotagx.org/app/category/yemeniagriculturalwaterassessment/>
.
LEARN! Are you a Citizen Scientist
Do you enjoy doing science? Do you like to explore the world around you?
Have you ever tried a Citizen Science project like Galaxy Zoo or Foldit!?
We’d like to hear what you think! Please take 1 minute to answer a few
questions, and watch the answers all add up on our display on the 3rd
floor….
*Take the survey. <http://tinyurl.com/p564k3j>*
HACK! Help us hack arctic climate change.
On the shores of the Arctic ocean, climate change is impacting the way that
subsistence communities hunt for food. Rapidly decreasing ice cover makes
hunting perilous and up-to-the-minute information about ice thickness is
becoming a matter of life or death.
We are working with the Yupik and Iñupiat to develop DIY science techniques
which will help their hunters to identify these changes and share their
knowledge quickly, using mobile and sensor technologies. Our hope is that
the technology they develop will make a difference both to their
communities and to our understanding of the effects of climate change.
At our workshop, we will introduce you to some of the same basic methods
for DIY science hacking that we’ll be using in Alaska. We’ll wire up a few
arduino boards with sensors and show you how to share the information they
generate. And we’ll have a few non-science hacks to play with, too.
We’ll introduce you to ScienceMakers <http://www.sciencemakers.net/>, a new
initiative to enable global hacking for science in schools and local
communities — and we’ll be signing people up to help out with our Alaska
project via the web.
We’ll also be showing a movie about our work in Alaska and the communities
we work with. So even if you aren’t interested in hacking, and just want to
find out about our project, there’ll be plenty for you do.
If you’d like to find out more about the project, please visit our project
page<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/excites/projects/excites-projects/arctic-hunters/climate-change>
.
FIND US AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM
<http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/plan_your_visit/lates.aspx>
*The Mobile Collective *
Mobile: 0798 563 2237
Email: margaret at tmc.bz
Skype: margaretgold
*Twitter: @mobilecollectiv <http://twitter.com/#!/mobilecollectiv> *
@MobileMaggie
*Webs*ite: The Mobile Collective <http://www.mobilecollective.co.uk/>
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> 1. Science at CSVConf, Berlin, 15 July 2014 (Jenny Molloy)
> 2. Fwd: CODATA Prize 2014: Call for Nominations for Outstanding
> Achievement in the World of Scientific and Technical Data
> (Michelle Brook)
> 3. Help needed for community session on open science (Jenny Molloy)
> 4. Re: Help needed for community session on open science
> (Jenny Molloy)
> 5. Calling Berlin-based open science folk - fringe event venue?
> (Jenny Molloy)
> 6. Re: Calling Berlin-based open science folk - fringe event
> venue? (Stephanie Dawson)
> 7. Re: Calling Berlin-based open science folk - fringe event
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> Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 19:00:22 +0100
> From: Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>
> To: "open-science at lists.okfn.org" <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
> Subject: [open-science] Science at CSVConf, Berlin, 15 July 2014
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> Hello All
>
> Just to flag that there are fringe events happening around OKFest, one of
> them is CSVConf which is for data makers from all backgrounds, including
> science, to share tools and stories.
>
> You can submit proposals via the website http://csvconf.com/
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> From: Michelle Brook <michelle.brook at okfn.org>
> To: open-science <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
> Subject: [open-science] Fwd: CODATA Prize 2014: Call for Nominations
> for Outstanding Achievement in the World of Scientific and
> Technical
> Data
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> The below might be of interest to some members of this list.
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> Michelle
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> > From: CODATA ED <execdir at CODATA.ORG>
> > Date: 27 May 2014 17:46:54 BST
> > To: DATA-PUBLICATION at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: CODATA Prize 2014: Call for Nominations for Outstanding
> Achievement in the World of Scientific and Technical Data
> > Reply-To: CODATA ED <execdir at CODATA.ORG>
> >
> > CODATA has announced the CODATA Prize 2014.
> >
> > The CODATA Prize is a major biennial award which:
> >
> > ? acknowledges outstanding achievement in the world of scientific and
> technical data;
> > ? is given in recognition either of a one time achievement or of an
> achievement over time;
> > ? is given, in preference, to an individual;
> > ? recognises work carried out in fields of importance to scientific and
> technical data, such as data management, evaluation, dissemination, access
> issues, international cooperation, knowledge discovery, archiving or
> related subjects.
> >
> > The deadline for nominations is 20 July 2014
> >
> > Nominations may be made by CODATA National and Union Members, Supporting
> Organisations and Task Groups: get in touch with these representatives if
> you have a strong nomination you would like to be made! Further details
> and the nomination form are available at
> http://codata.org/blog/2014/05/26/codata-prize-2014-call-for-nominations-for-outstanding-achievement-in-the-world-of-scientific-and-technical-data/
> >
> > With very best wishes,
> >
> > Simon.
> >
> >
> > ___________________________
> >
> > SciDataCon 2014 Call for Proposals extended to 16 June:
> http://www.scidatacon2014.org/submissions
> > ___________________________
> > Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | http://www.codata.org
> >
> > E-Mail: execdir at codata.org | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype:
> simonhodson99
> > Blog: http://www.codata.org/blog
> > Diary: http://bit.ly/simonhodson99-calendar
> > Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59
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> > CODATA (ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology), 5 rue
> Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE
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> From: Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org>
> To: "open-science at lists.okfn.org" <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
> Subject: [open-science] Help needed for community session on open
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> Hi All
>
> A series of Open Knowledge community
> session<http://wiki.okfn.org/Community_Sessions>s
> started recently (organised by Heather Leson). The sessions are designed
> to showcase the work of various groups in the community and open science
> have been asked if we can participate in one during June.
>
> Would anyone be interested in helping to plan or participate in a session?
> This could be a panel discussion with members of the working group or an
> update on different projects. It is primarily designed for those who are
> not members of the working group but are probably already interested and
> informed about other aspects of open knowledge so suggestion for areas
> such a session might focus on are also very welcome.
>
> Thanks and I look forward to your responses!
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> Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 09:17:43 +0100
> From: Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org>
> To: "open-science at lists.okfn.org" <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
> Subject: Re: [open-science] Help needed for community session on open
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> PS To clarify - we have a fairly low barrier to membership so if you're
> receiving this email you're in the working group!
>
> I have two volunteers already so if you'd have a little time to help them
> out and put together an informal session that will inform and interest the
> wider OKF community about an aspect of open science then do get in touch!
>
> Jenny
>
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > A series of Open Knowledge community session<
> http://wiki.okfn.org/Community_Sessions>s
> > started recently (organised by Heather Leson). The sessions are designed
> > to showcase the work of various groups in the community and open science
> > have been asked if we can participate in one during June.
> >
> > Would anyone be interested in helping to plan or participate in a
> session?
> > This could be a panel discussion with members of the working group or an
> > update on different projects. It is primarily designed for those who are
> > not members of the working group but are probably already interested and
> > informed about other aspects of open knowledge so suggestion for areas
> > such a session might focus on are also very welcome.
> >
> > Thanks and I look forward to your responses!
> >
> > Jenny
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> Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 09:59:32 +0100
> From: Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org>
> To: "open-science at lists.okfn.org" <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
> Subject: [open-science] Calling Berlin-based open science folk -
> fringe event venue?
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> HI All
>
> As so many open science working group members will be in Berlin for OKFest
> 15-17 July it seems a shame not to capitalise and have an extended get
> together as a fringe event on 18 July once the main festivities are over.
>
> There is specifically a content mining focused workshop which several
> people are interested in running, but otherwise it would be great to have a
> hackday and start working on some of the great ideas and collaborations I'm
> sure we'll come up with throughout the festival.
>
> This will be an informal and community curated event organised by us as the
> working group rather than the OKFest team.
>
> The most important hurdle is to secure a venue for the day - is anyone
> based or has contacts based in Berlin who might be able to source a room or
> two at an office/university/other venue? Ideally for free but we can try
> and work something out if there are minimal costs attached.
>
> Hoping to hear from you and I look forward to seeing many of you in Berlin!
>
> Jenny
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> From: Stephanie Dawson <Stephanie.Dawson at scienceopen.com>
> To: Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org>,
> "open-science at lists.okfn.org" <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
> Subject: Re: [open-science] Calling Berlin-based open science folk -
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> Hi! As a newcomer, I would love to get a chance to meet some of the Open
> Science working group. ScienceOpen is located in Berlin (Schliemannstr.10)
> just around the corner from the Kulturbrauerei where the OKFestival is
> taking place. Depending on how many people, we have a small conference room
> that we could use. I could see about a seminar room at the MobileSuite
> location in Pappelallee as we also have a virtual office there, bigger but
> costs some money.
> Best, Stephanie
>
> Stephanie Dawson, PhD
> ScienceOpen GmbH
> Pappelallee 78/79
> 10437 Berlin, Germany
> Tel: +49-30-6098490-277
> Skype: dawson_scienceopen
> Twitter: @SDawsonBerlin
> Mobile: +49-176-72614581
> Fax: +49-30-69088500
> Stephanie.Dawson at ScienceOpen.com<mailto:Stephanie.Dawson at ScienceOpen.com>
>
> Gesch?ftsf?hrer/Managing Directors:
> Dr. Stephanie Dawson, Prof. Dr. Alexander Grossmann, Tibor Tscheke
> Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg
> Registernummer: HRB 151322 B
> USt-IdNr. DE292305625
>
> Von: open-science [mailto:open-science-bounces at lists.okfn.org] Im Auftrag
> von Jenny Molloy
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2014 11:00
> An: open-science at lists.okfn.org
> Betreff: [open-science] Calling Berlin-based open science folk - fringe
> event venue?
>
> HI All
> As so many open science working group members will be in Berlin for OKFest
> 15-17 July it seems a shame not to capitalise and have an extended get
> together as a fringe event on 18 July once the main festivities are over.
> There is specifically a content mining focused workshop which several
> people are interested in running, but otherwise it would be great to have a
> hackday and start working on some of the great ideas and collaborations I'm
> sure we'll come up with throughout the festival.
>
> This will be an informal and community curated event organised by us as
> the working group rather than the OKFest team.
> The most important hurdle is to secure a venue for the day - is anyone
> based or has contacts based in Berlin who might be able to source a room or
> two at an office/university/other venue? Ideally for free but we can try
> and work something out if there are minimal costs attached.
> Hoping to hear from you and I look forward to seeing many of you in Berlin!
> Jenny
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> Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 12:17:17 +0100
> From: Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org>
> To: Stephanie Dawson <Stephanie.Dawson at scienceopen.com>
> Cc: "open-science at lists.okfn.org" <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
> Subject: Re: [open-science] Calling Berlin-based open science folk -
> fringe event venue?
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> Hi Stepanie
>
> Thanks so much for the offer - this sounds great! How many will your
> conference room comfortably hold?
> So far 10 people have said that they are coming to OKFest, but there are
> more who are not on the wiki and I don't know how many will stay until
> 18th.
>
> Anyone attending OKFest - please do let us know and indicate if you would
> be interested in attending a fringe event:
> http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/OKFest2014#Who.27s_going_to_OKFest.3F
>
> Jenny
>
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Stephanie Dawson <
> Stephanie.Dawson at scienceopen.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi! As a newcomer, I would love to get a chance to meet some of the Open
> > Science working group. ScienceOpen is located in Berlin
> (Schliemannstr.10)
> > just around the corner from the Kulturbrauerei where the OKFestival is
> > taking place. Depending on how many people, we have a small conference
> room
> > that we could use. I could see about a seminar room at the MobileSuite
> > location in Pappelallee as we also have a virtual office there, bigger
> but
> > costs some money.
> >
> > Best, Stephanie
> >
> >
> >
> > Stephanie Dawson, PhD
> >
> > *ScienceOpen GmbH*
> > Pappelallee 78/79
> > 10437 Berlin, Germany
> > Tel: +49-30-6098490-277
> >
> > Skype: dawson_scienceopen
> >
> > Twitter: @SDawsonBerlin
> >
> > Mobile: +49-176-72614581
> >
> > Fax: +49-30-69088500
> > Stephanie.Dawson at ScienceOpen.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Gesch?ftsf?hrer/Managing Directors:
> > Dr. Stephanie Dawson, Prof. Dr. Alexander Grossmann, Tibor Tscheke
> > Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg
> > Registernummer: HRB 151322 B
> >
> > USt-IdNr. DE292305625
> >
> >
> >
> > *Von:* open-science [mailto:open-science-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *Im
> > Auftrag von *Jenny Molloy
> > *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2014 11:00
> > *An:* open-science at lists.okfn.org
> > *Betreff:* [open-science] Calling Berlin-based open science folk - fringe
> > event venue?
> >
> >
> >
> > HI All
> >
> > As so many open science working group members will be in Berlin for
> OKFest
> > 15-17 July it seems a shame not to capitalise and have an extended get
> > together as a fringe event on 18 July once the main festivities are over.
> >
> > There is specifically a content mining focused workshop which several
> > people are interested in running, but otherwise it would be great to
> have a
> > hackday and start working on some of the great ideas and collaborations
> I'm
> > sure we'll come up with throughout the festival.
> >
> > This will be an informal and community curated event organised by us as
> > the working group rather than the OKFest team.
> >
> > The most important hurdle is to secure a venue for the day - is anyone
> > based or has contacts based in Berlin who might be able to source a room
> or
> > two at an office/university/other venue? Ideally for free but we can try
> > and work something out if there are minimal costs attached.
> >
> > Hoping to hear from you and I look forward to seeing many of you in
> Berlin!
> >
> > Jenny
> >
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