<div dir="ltr">Thermistors are just a pain in the butt due to calibration. That's the only issue. <div><br></div><div style>-Will C</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Josiah Ritchie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josiah@josiahritchie.com" target="_blank">josiah@josiahritchie.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">This might be a really fun thing to do with my kids to get them thinking about all sorts of science things from soil temperature to cicada life spans and intro to research.<div>
<br></div><div>I could probably get away with the thermistor that came with my multimeter right? I'd just need to wire my arduino up with binding posts to take the readings and if I put it all in a nice box, the kids could easily go out whenever they want and plug into the thermistor to take recordings. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Yeah, this sounds like simple, but highly beneficial fun. Thanks for sharing Dave!</div><div><br></div><div>JSR/</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Will <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:staticphantom@gmail.com" target="_blank">staticphantom@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">David, if you want... purchase the ethernet shield and the Arduino can tweet directly! <a href="http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/TwitterLibrary#Example" target="_blank">http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/TwitterLibrary#Example</a><div>
<br></div><div>-Will C</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:02 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rsjames@ix.netcom.com" target="_blank">rsjames@ix.netcom.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><p><font color="#000000"><font><font face="Arial">I met a guy once who was interested in cicadas - as snacks!. He was a bit of a whack job... </font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><font><font face="Arial"></font></font></font> </p><p>I also have a three step way of informing the public about the cicadas:</p><p>1. Listen for loud buzzing. If it sounds like there are millions cicadas buzzing, cicadas have arrived.</p>
<p>2. Look at a tree. If covered in cicadas, cicada have arrived.</p><p>3. Look outside. If giant, three-foot-long cicadas are attacking pets and small children, slamming into windows to break them, overturning cars, and creating general mayhem, Brood II cicadas have not arrived - you are in a bad horror movie!</p>
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<br><br>If you have a laptop you can hook it up to, then there shouldn't be a<br>problem in displaying the data to the public. I'll ask some friends on the<br>IRC channels what they think, but worse comes to worse something can be<br>
linked to twitter. Hackaday has a lot of Arduino + twitter blog posts.<br><br>-Will C<br><br><br><br></div><div>On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 10:59 AM, David Smith <u></u> wrote:<br><br>> I bought one of the Radio Shack kits on sale after Christmas, so I'm<br>
> definitely going to have a go at it. I'm trying to figure out if I can do<br>> it at the Center and show the public the data.<br>><br>> Sent from my iPhone<br>><br></div><div>> On Apr 1, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Will <u></u> wrote:<br>
><br>> You know.... we do have the majority of the parts from the Arduino class<br>> at the space that we can build a prototype fairly quickly.<br>><br>> -Will C<br>><br>><br>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 10:13 AM, David Smith <<br>
> <a href="mailto:david@davincisciencecenter.org" target="_blank">david@davincisciencecenter.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> Catch the buzz! Be prepared for Brood II<br>>><br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/01/175737170/its-almost-cicada-time-help-radiolab-track-swarmageddon?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130401" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/01/175737170/its-almost-cicada-time-help-radiolab-track-swarmageddon?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130401</a><br>
>><br>>> Directions for the detector here: <a href="http://project.wnyc.org/cicadas/" target="_blank">http://project.wnyc.org/cicadas/</a><br>>><br>>> Dave<br>>><br>>> --<br>>> David L. Smith, Ph.D.<br>
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