safecast- the next five years
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SAFECASTTHE NEXT FIVE YEARS
DRIVECASTPROJECT:
DRIVECAST
MOBILE SENSORS
▸ Workhorse bGeigie Nano Kit
▸ Collected over 60 Million points
▸ Next Gen Integrated bGeigie
DRIVECAST
MAP IMPROVEMENTS
▸ Major update to UI
▸ Easy customization
▸ New features
▸ Better performance
▸ Japanese localization
DRIVECAST
DATASET GROWTH
▸ Over 60 million data points
▸ About 1 million per month
▸ Big growth in Europe
▸ Over 70 countries
POINTCASTPROJECT:
POINTCAST
FIXED SENSORS
▸ Radiation (Alpha, Beta, Gamma)
▸ Particulate (PM10, PM2.5, PM1.0)
▸ Stand alone devices
▸ Status icons and data on map
AIR QUALITYPROJECT:
AIR QUALITY
WHAT ARE WE BREATHING?
▸ 20 prototypes deployed
▸ Visualizations being tested
▸ API now takes air data
▸ Major push for 2017
AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SENSORS
FUTURE PROJECT:
EDUCATIONPROJECT:
EDUCATION
SPREADING KNOWLEDGE
▸ kGeigie
▸ Course Materials
▸ White Papers
▸ MIT/Keio Univ/Aoyama Gakuin
EDUCATION
WORKSHOPS
▸ bGeigie builds: Japan, Taiwan, Korea, etc.
▸ E2D3 workshop
▸ Many organized by others in Europe, etc..
“ARGUABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT EVER”
TEAM
SAFECAST IS PEOPLE
ORGANIZATION
NPO X2- JAPAN AND EUROPE
▸ Established 2016
▸ Directors
▸ Advisors
▸ Main purpose is funding
▸ Transparency
▸ Continuity
SAFECAST REPORT-100+ pages -Downloadable for free -Vol. 3 - 2017 in progress -Japanese translation soon
IMPACT
EXPERT DIALOGUE
▸ NSS
▸ IAEA
▸ RICOMET
▸ EGU
▸ EPA
▸ DARPA
▸ NTW
IMPACT
PRESS
▸ LA Times
▸ NY Times
▸ Whiplash
▸ National Geographic
▸ Forbes.com
▸ NRC Handelsblad
▸ Others
IMPACT
PRESS
Joi Ito discussed Safecast in a special interview by President Obama for Wired.
IMPACT
EXHIBITS
▸ Big Bang Data
▸ Ars Technica
▸ Good Design 2016 Special Exhib.
▸ Bodikon
ALWAYS AMBITIOUS