In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, a grass roots group called Safecast managed to put together a map of real time, local radiation data using volunteers with open sourced geiger counters. Now Safecast, led by Sean Bonner, has been awarded $400,000 by the Knight Foundation to create real time mapping of air quality data of Los Angeles. Yes, down the road, all you folks in L.A. will be able to check out a real-time grass roots map showing just how bad the air you’re breathing is in your neighborhood. Read More
