Orchid Project

http://www.regonline.co.uk/ukercsummerschool2013 UKERC Summer School If you are a PhD student in the energy domain then this summer school can be a good opportunity to learn about the challenges in this domain in a broader perspective. They normally prefer 2nd year PhD students but 1st year students are allowed to apply too. I attended this summer […]

The interim findings of a massive £14m five-year citizen science project, involving more than 25,000 surveys and 500,000 people, are published. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21062303

Atmospheric scientists are working with an app developer to take air pressure information that is already being collected from thousands of Android phones and feed it into sophisticated new climate models - http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/08/android-weather-app.

We’ve had 400 users register for MyJoulo so far. If you haven’t done so yet, take a look at www.myjoulo.com and register to take part.

Interesting article on midata and how it facilitates energy price comparison – http://www.cleanweb.org.uk/blog/2012/12/31/how-midata-will-fuel-uk-cleanweb-innovation

The London Fire Brigade says it is considering allowing people to tweet emergencies instead of dialling 999 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20754978.

MyJoulo is now live. Go to www.myjoulo.com to request your logger, and please invite you friends and family to try it out as well. Our aim it to reach 1000 users by March 2013.

Scientists want the ubiquitous smartphone to be put to work helping them to detect and investigate earthquakes - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20531304.

A report by Sustainability First - http://www.sustainabilityfirst.org.uk/publications.htm.

A review of more than 230 “citizen science” projects says the involvement of volunteers offers “high value to research, policy and practice” - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20445296.