The MacGyver Session: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Understand Space Weather
The MacGyver Session: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Understand Space Weather
Session ID#: 125011
Session Description:
This 2nd edition of the MacGyver session focuses on the interdisciplinary applications of Space Weather across space physics and aeronomy. All geoscientists including students, citizen scientists, hams, and artists are invited to present (1) new sensor systems, using technologies in novel or unintended ways; (2) new software, algorithms, data storage or transmission solutions sending data from the field and any other nifty approach; (3) started initiatives that facilitate the creation and sharing of novel sensors, open source code and data, and software systems.
Connected a smartphone sensor to an Arduino or Raspberry Pi? 3D printed a magnetosphere model or electrostatic analyzer? Show it! New methods in space physics, aeronomy, planetary, and atmospheric electricity are all welcome. Bring prototypes and demonstrations. We credit Hydrology for pioneering this idea. This session is co-sponsored by PSWS, the working group on Personal Space Weather Stations under the NSF DASI initiative.
Index Terms:
0694 Instruments and techniques [ELECTROMAGNETICS]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
3394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
6994 Instruments and techniques [RADIO SCIENCE]
Primary Convener: Kristina Collins, Case Western Reserve University, Electrical Engineering, Cleveland, OH, United States
Conveners: Elizabeth A McDonald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Nathaniel A Frissell, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Laura Brandt, Leidos, San Diego, United States
Primary Liaison: Elizabeth A McDonald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
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