The cicadas are still coming, but today’s Tracker build party has come and gone. HM joined WNYC’s effort to track exactly when Brood II will return on their 17-year cycle by contributing data from handmade digital soil thermometers. Click photo to see more images from the day.
Hack Manhattan will host a Cicada Tracker build party on Saturday, April 13th.
Date | Saturday, April 13th |
Time | 12pm to 4pm—come any time |
Address | Hack Manhattan, 137 West 14th Street, 2nd floor |
Kits will be available for sale for $20. Cash or credit card.
We designed this cheaper, simplified kit based on the original WNYC design. You can also bring the original WNYC version and we’ll help you assemble it. A limited number of printed circuit boards will also be available for those who want to solder the kit.
Listen to the Brian Lehrer Show segment on the project:
Read more:
- Radiolab blog: Swarmageddon
- WNYC/Radiolab Cicada Tracker project page
- Brian Lehrer Show segment
- Cicada Mania
- NYT Media Decoder blog (in print paper on page B4)
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