Safecast talk for CSLA 2015

1. www.safecast.org

2. March 11, 2011

3. -We developed devices
-We made a mapping system
-We built a community of
motivated citizen-scientists who
want to measure radiation.
In Response:

4. bGeigie Nano
• 7th-generation mobile
detector
• Rugged
• Arduino-based
• GPS and data-logging
• LND 7317 2” pancake sensor
• OLED display
• Bluetooth and WiFi capable
• Open-source, open
hardware, open data
• Designed to be sold as a kit,
anyone can build it and
upload data
Current workhorse:

5. Over 25 million data points!

6. safecast.org/tilemap/

13. realtime sensors
expanding network

17. Our Teams
device hardware
API/ mapping
device softwareoutreach, education
administrative
Lots of multitasking, multi-competence
“connectors”

19. Safecast volunteers and Koriyama City officials

20. They were mounted on postal delivery vehicles, which cover
every street in town over the course of normal daily activity.

21. Safecast Street-by-Street
Shown: Koriyama detail -
100m grid

22. SAFECAST Air
Prototype, 2015

23. Building Community
• Safecast blog, discussion, Facebook, Twitter,
etc
• Geiger-counter building workshops
• Talks and presentations
• Media interviews
We want to share our enthusiasm for citizen
science, and encourage people to get involved.
This requires skills in education and media.

24. Geiger-counter building workshop with students in Koriyama
(They then become volunteers, contribute radiation readings,
and teach others)

25. Recent workshops in:
Tokyo
Fukushima
Kobe
Washington, DC
Strasbourg
Taipei
Upcoming workshops:
Los Angeles
Berlin

27. 4th Anniversary!!
We will be having several days
of events from March 22-25
2015, in Tokyo and Koriyama!
We hope you all can attend!

28. www.safecast.org

29. www.safecast.org