Blue Blog
Posts, articles and projects by Blue CoLab students, faculty and staff
What Everyone Deserves: Real-Time Water Data
The Flint, Michigan water crisis alerted the public to how little we know about our drinking water and how late we learn.
The Dark Waters of Parkersburg, WV: A Warning to Us All
Advanced warning systems about drinking water contamination could save millions of people from exposure to dangerous contaminants.
Congress: Guarantee the Right-to-Know Drinking Water
Technology-based alerts are commonplace in daily life: storm alerts; car collisions; even asteroid near-misses. But not for water.
Let Tech Spring in the Environment!
Advance technology to benefit human and environmental health.The Blue Xylem team is a group of Blue CoLab students and...
Cybersecurity Done Right
We must assure Blue CoLab's data and infrastructure cannot be compromised.When I first started at Blue CoLab, I was not...
Teaching Ada’s Data to Sing!
Sonified data can enable those with challenged vision a new way to understand data.When I stepped into Blue CoLab, I...
Creating a Water Quality Index
A WQI is a universal language for understanding the quality of a water body.Water quality is a global concern -- not only...
Choate Pond is Like Narragansett Bay?
With full pond instrumentation students will use IoT and AI for learning and research.Comparing the 93,888-acre...