The MacGyver Session: Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, and/or Improvised Sensors, Data Acquisition, and Data Transmission Solutions to Understand the Geosphere

Session ID#: 281561

Session Description:
This 18th edition of the MacGyver session leads science into the future. All are welcome to present and bring hands-on demonstrations to make this the most exciting poster-only session of the AGU Fall Meeting, featuring: • New sensor systems, using technologies in novel or unintended ways • New data storage or transmission solutions, returning data from the field via LoRa, WIFI, or GSM, etc • Novel 3D printed designs and fabrication techniques that transform measurement capabilities • Community initiatives facilitating the creation and sharing of novel sensors, data-acquisition, and data-transmission technologies. This session is for those among us who want to share how we: • Developed rugged PCBs from the ground up to take new field measurements • Combined sensors with Arduino or Raspberry Pi • 3D printed water-quality samplers • Built a Cloud Storage system from Open Source Components. We welcome any and all new methods, tools, or approaches.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
  • SY - Science and Society
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Index Terms:

0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring [HYDROLOGY]
1972 Sensor web [INFORMATICS]
9805 Instruments useful in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]
Primary Convener:  Austin Madson, Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions, New Haven, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Peter Marchetto, PhD, FieldKit, Forestburgh, United States, Andrew D Wickert, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, United States and Chet Udell, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
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