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Burt Lum
Burt Lum is a communicator, innovator, community builder, open data advocate, and sci/tech geek. He is the Executive Director of Hawaii Open Data, co-hosts Bytemarks Cafe on Hawaii Public Radio and the Geek Beat on Hawaii News Now. You can find him on Twitter at @bytemarks.
Alaina Haws
Civil Geeks: Aviation Museum Tackles Astronomy
The Pacific Aviation Museum program allows students to fly higher than the Earth’s atmosphere through photography.
Courtesy of CTAHR, UH
Civil Geeks: It’s Not Easy To Track Hawaii’s Beautiful State Insect
How one University of Hawaii researcher used “citizen scientists” to locate the habitat of the state insect, the Pulelehua butterfly.
Courtesy Rebecca Rutstein and Bridgette Mayer Gallery
Civil Geeks: When Science And Art Intersect
“We can reach a whole new audience,” says a representative of one of the research projects hosting artists in residence.
Burt Lum
Civil Geeks: Do-It-Yourself Disaster Preparation
Common items can be converted into tools to help you with that “camping trip you hope you never have to take.”
Chris Koehler, Colorado Space Grant Consortium
Civil Geeks: NASA Launches Hawaii Student Experiments Into Space
Project Imua, a collaboration between four UH community colleges, will launch its second payload on a NASA rocket next month.
Honolulu Community College
Civil Geeks: Recruiting The Next Generation Of Cybersecurity Pros
Protecting our data and traffic on the internet looks to be a growth industry for, well, forever.
Courtesy: Burt Lum
Civil Geeks: 3-D Printing Brings Collections To Life
The Bishop Museum uses 3-D printing to make sturdy objects with which visitors — especially kids — can interact.
Rob Ratkowski
Civil Geeks: Surveying The Skies To Safeguard Earth
Scientists map “Near Earth Objects” to try to detect those that might strike our planet.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Civil Geeks: Taking Robotics Into Uncharted Waters
Intermediate and high school teams design remotely-operated robots that can do complex jobs underwater.