OurWeather - Weather Kit for STEM Kids!

A project in Liberty Lake, WA by SwitchDoc Labs
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OurWeather is a connected weather science kit that makes learning fun while curating curiosity and confidence in STEM principles.
Backers: 92
Average Pledge Per Backer: $181

Funded: $16,643 of $12,000
Dates: Mar 2nd -> Apr 1st (30 days)
Project By: SwitchDoc Labs
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Latest News

18 hours to go!

March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you backers! We have 18 hours to go on this successful kickstarter!   We still have units left in the first batch that will be shipped in April if you want an early delivery! Laurel (as opposed to Laurie, our beloved president)  (Read More)

Made Stretch Goal #1! Air Quality Monitor Extender Kit for OurWeather

March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We made our first Stretch Goal! Stretch Goal #1 - $16,000 Stretch Goal #1 releases a new set of modules and sensors that allow OurWeather to monitor the local Air Quality. It works by looking at various particle counts and gas types and lets you know... (Read More)

A GREAT letter from a backer!

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We really love notes like this.   Makes it all worth it. "We have an almost 4 year old daughter and we are starting to introduce technology. We are combining my love of weather and my wife's IT background to explore weather together as a family. We... (Read More)

OurWeather WeatherPlus Boards Being Manufactured

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
3 Days to go in our campaign!    Attached is a video of our WeatherPlus boards for this Kickstarter being manufactured yesterday. Thank you Tim!  We appreciated the video! Best, Laurel, President SDL You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see... (Read More)

Software for OurWeather is close to release!

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks, Again, thanks for all the support for this project.   We very much appreciate it.   We have almost all the parts in house for the first build of the product.  Laurel in purchasing/shipping is doing a great job. We are getting close to... (Read More)

We Made It!

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all you fabulous backers for helping us make our goal!   Now it is on to the stretch goals.   Here is the first: Stretch Goal #1 releases a new set of modules and sensors that allow OurWeather to monitor the local Air Quality. It works by... (Read More)

OurWeather Air Quality Sensor Highly Sophisticated Test

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We are in the process of finalizing our design for the OurWeather Air Quality Sensor extender kit.   While the final engineering  hardware is not back from our factory, we wanted to prototype the software and hardware and do the final testing of... (Read More)

Block Diagram for OurWeather

March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We thought you would like to see a block diagram of what is going on inside OurWeather. Cool, eh? OurWeather Block Diagram  (Read More)

OurWeather WeatherPlus Specification Released

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks, Most backers won't care too much about this, but the technical specification behind OurWeather, the WeatherPlus board has been released in all of it's technicolor glory! OurWeather Kit Builders don't even need to look at this. Hackers, this is... (Read More)

Sharing our favorites

March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Today I thought we'd share a few of our favorite online science resources with you. These are especially wonderful on those rainy days with fun, yet educational, videos, projects, and games. Hope you enjoy! Bill Nye the Science Guy - On his website... (Read More)

A Great First Day

March 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all you early backers.  20% done!   We will be sending regular updates as more things happen about the OurWeather Kickstarter.    Those who know our Kickstarter history, know that we like to ship on time, if not early.  We are pretty... (Read More)

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