by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 9, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science, In the News, Science Policy, Sticky
Harnessing the Power of Citizen Scientists Congress should bring back the OTA, but this time with a prominent role for the public, especially the burgeoning numbers of citizen scientists. By Darlene Cavalier Fishing for Answers The old Office of Technology Assessment...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 12, 2008 | Bird Projects, Blog, Citizen Science, Projects & Activities
The 109th Christmas Bird Count “Citizen Science in Action.” Sunday, December 14, 2008 to Monday, January 5, 2009 Volunteers across America are donning binoculars to track birds and contribute to the longest-running wildlife census effort to assess the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science, Ocean & Water Projects, Projects & Activities, Shad
Karen Laverty of PBS affiliate WGBH dropped me a line about a brand new NOVA show premiering on Tuesday 11/25 on PBS. “Ocean Animal Emergency” shows ocean mammals being rescued from the wild, tagged (see left; photo credit: Doug Hamilton) and released or...
by Darlene Cavalier | Nov 8, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science
Yesterday, Google announced Google Flu Trends, which uses “aggregated search data in an effort to confront the challenge of influenza outbreaks.” (From the Google Flu Trends site): “We’ve discovered that there is a close relationship between...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 31, 2008 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Citizen Science, Computer & Technology Projects, Projects & Activities
Want to gaze at stunning astronomical photographs and help astronomers do their research at the same time? Meet, GalaxyZoo.org, a Web site that enables amateur galaxy analyzers to work from the comfort of their computers. You don’t need any specialized...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 31, 2008 | Citizen Science, Computer & Technology Projects, Projects & Activities, Sound Projects
The latest issue of Make magazine (number 15) is devoted to build-them-yourself, high-tech musical instruments. And the coolest of the bunch is this laser harp, at right, being played by its inventor, tech musician Stephen Hobley. You coax out the computer-generated...
