Come hack water with Pachube, Ushahidi, DontFlush.Me, and PublicLaboratory.org. We will be exploring how we can build our own investigative tools, create rugged sensors that can survive in the water for at least 1 month, connect real-time data and citizen observed reports with a Pachube<->Ushahidi linkup, crowdsource water quality information, and generally create systems that engage people with their waterways here in NYC.
We will start with an evening mixer on Friday night to form groups and talk about projects, hack through Saturday and Sunday, and show our work in a public session on Sunday afternoon.
For those of you with existing tools or strategies that could be useful, please tell us about it in the comments below, and come with a short IGNITE talk to give Friday night.
Ideas are being developed here, please add yours: http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/water-hackathon
More info to come. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR ALL DETAILS!
Event Dates: March 23 - 25, 2012
Ushahidi team attendees: Heather Leson, Dale Zak and David Kobia