Instruments
Instruments designed in Nepal for the conditions here: cold, monsoon damp, unreliable power and no internet. Each one is meant to serve a classroom and a research station alike.
What we build
IESH — Integrated Environmental Science Hub
A classroom kit that grows into a full environmental station. The first prototype is built and tested on the bench; a soldered rebuild and the circuit boards for the full station are under way.
Cosmic-Ray Muon Detector
Planned: a small cosmic-ray muon detector based on CosmicWatch, the open design from MIT, adapted for Himalayan deployment. One goes beside each IESH hub along the transect, which records the air pressure it needs.
Active and planned
Active now: IESH, its first deployment and the product work behind it: the soldered rebuild, the circuit boards and the enclosure. Planned next: the muon detector beside each IESH hub on the transect, and these:
- Meteor radar: listening for radio echoes from meteor trails, the natural next step after the all-sky camera.
- Radio receiving station: a software-defined radio for space-weather and satellite signals.
- Seismometer: a low-cost sensor for recording earthquakes at schools.
- Portable planetarium: an inflatable dome for teaching astronomy in schools.
The designs are open: hardware under the CERN Open Hardware Licence (CERN-OHL), software under MIT. Anyone can read them, build one, and check what we measure.