SP Weather Station at the Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair November 17–18, 2012 Silver Spring Civic Center One Veterans Place Silver Spring MD The SP Weather Reports are coming to Pyramid Atlantic! This is the first year SPWS will participate in the Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair. We are sharing a booth with artist and SPWS co-founder Heidi Neilson. Fair … [Read more...]
NASA GOES captures Hurricane Sandy
Amazing images of Hurricane Sandy courtesy of NASA GOES satellites: Video from NASA GOES online here. You can also buy a print of a NASA GOES image from 20x200 with net revenue to benefit the American Red Cross - just one of many ways to help out the recovery efforts, of course. … [Read more...]
Stay safe, East Coast.
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Thunderstorm in D-minor
People of Philadelphia: visit an interactive thunderstorm! The giant new work by Chris Klapper and Patrick Gallagher is at Studio 2424; a thunderstorm contained within a series of large hand cast resin sculptures, each individual form is a unique instrument hanging 40 feet from the ceiling. Suspended just within reach and activated by touch, the viewer sets the symphony in … [Read more...]
Street Sensing: seeing tiny particles
If you're in San Francisco, check out SPWS weather interpreter Tim Dye's new project 'Street Sensing: seeing tiny particles', on Saturday, October 20 as part of a tech-art event in San Francisco at the Urban Prototyping exhibition. 'Street Sensing: seeing tiny particles' will use AirCasting to crowd source air quality measurements collected by citizens. Attendees will have a … [Read more...]