Build Your Air Quality Box 

Hong Kong MakerSpace for Social and Environmental ImpactWe are a cross-sectoral makerspace for innovation. We created MakerBay for makers that range from robotic companies to environmental NGOs, from mechanical engineering to traditional craftspeople, both at the same time, and everything in between. Simultaneously, we have strong focuses on individuals and organisations that are either environmental, social, and/or open-source.

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What makes our air unbreathable? Do you know the air quality at your living environment? We have designed a low-cost IoT air quality sensor to detect PM2.5 in the air you breath. In order to better monitor the local air quality and increase the accessibility of these public data, we invite all of you to build this “Air Quality Box”  After completion of this workshop, you will be bring the air quality box to your home to gather air quality data and and contribute the data to an open sourced air quality database.
In this workshop, you will:
• Learn about what is citizen science, the air pollution problem in Hong Kong and how to measure air quality
 • Understand the basics of electronics, arduino programming and how IoT works
 • Assembly and programme an air quality box detecting PM2.5
• Monitor PM2.5 level and contribute to citizen science database
 
Class Details:
Location: Unit H508, PMQ, No. 35 Aberdeen Street, Central (<A HREF="http://www.pmq.org.hk/the-site/location-transportation/?lang=en" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Directions</A>) Language: Cantonese/ English Duration: 4 hours Age range: 12 years old or above Fee: HKD 980/ person
Preparation:
 • The air quality box need to connect to wifi, so please mark down the wifi name and password from your home and bring it along to the workshop, we will teach you how to connect the wifi in the coding part.
 • Go to App store to install <A HREF="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cinetica_tech.thingview" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ThingView</A> before coming to the workshop.
Enrollment: 
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<LI CLASS="li1">MakerBay reserves the right to reschedule or cancel an enrollment at any time due to the class size of less than a minimum of 3 students per class.</LI>
<LI CLASS="li1">MakerBay reserves the right to change the class instructor for courses or individual private lessons as deemed appropriate or necessary. MakerBay is not required to provide prior notice for such arrangements.</LI>
<LI CLASS="li1">Requests to switch courses or skip course levels will be subject to MakerBay’s assessment and course availability.</LI>
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Class Cancellations:
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<LI CLASS="li1">For classes cancelled due to unexpected public health warnings, i.e. swine flu, MakerBay will try to accommodate the majority with makeup classes but with no guarantee.</LI>
<LI CLASS="li1">Classes will not be cancelled during AMBER or RED rainstorm signal.</LI>
<LI CLASS="li1">For classes cancelled due to severe weather conditions, such as Typhoon 8 or above, or BLACK rainstorm signal, MakerBay will try to make accommodate the majority with no guarantee.</LI>
<LI CLASS="li1">Classes will not be cancelled if weather signals for Typhoon 8 or Black Rain are lowered four hours before the scheduled start time of the class</LI>
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<LI CLASS="li1">Workshop attendees are permitted to film themselves/friends/fellow participants (with permission) during the practical phases of the workshop for their own personal use / social media etc.</LI>
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