Sunday, after lunch, in Casal di Pari, Tuscany (Feb. 17, 2019)

Romano Granci from Casal di Pari and Claudio Spinosi (aka Bob) from Torniella elaborate on innovation technology applied to the automotive sector. This happens while in the background folks from Florence try to play Palla a 21, locals meet visitors from whom they already met 1991 in a disco, and other typical situations. This all … Continue reading Sunday, after lunch, in Casal di Pari, Tuscany (Feb. 17, 2019)

pibinko.org newsletter #24 (Oct. 2, 2017) – end of part 1 for 2017

Please note: not all the weekly newsletters issued in the past 23 weeks have been translated into English…you can still review most of the initiatives and events presented in the English version of the news. With the presentation of the 2017 BuioMetria Summer Campaign and the  “Earth Observation Open Science” conference in  Frascati on Sep. … Continue reading pibinko.org newsletter #24 (Oct. 2, 2017) – end of part 1 for 2017

Farma Valley Day and Night at the Belagaio State Reserve (Southern Tuscany) – how did it go

The flyer The July 27 AM interview for “Cult” (Radio Popolare Milano) In Italian: http://www.pibinko.org/out/20170727-cult-vdf.mp3 Highlights   Observed objects Summing up those recorded by our two stargazing guides: Moon, Jupiter, Saturn. M31, M51, M13, M22, M57,  M16, M17, M8, M20, M11, M26, M52, M6,  M7, M57, M27. Night sky quality measurements …for the BuioMetria Partecipativa project. … Continue reading Farma Valley Day and Night at the Belagaio State Reserve (Southern Tuscany) – how did it go

Geomusic at GIT 2017 (Gavorrano, Southern Tuscany, June 12-13, 2017)

Our geomusical activity continues, after the launch at the Farma Valley Winter Fest (December 17, 18 and 19, 2016), the presentation at the FOSS4G conference in Genua (9-2-2017), the international webinar for Geo4all/ASPRS (7-4-2017) and the lecture at  Politecnico di Milano (30-5-2017). At the 12th conference of the Geomatics and Information Technologies section of the Italian … Continue reading Geomusic at GIT 2017 (Gavorrano, Southern Tuscany, June 12-13, 2017)

Closing the pibinko.org + Attivarti.org Winter tour (from the Farma Valley in eight regions) at Fa’ la Cosa Giusta

Saturday March 11 the presentation given a Fa’ la Cosa Giusta (the largest Italian fair on sustainable lifestyles) about participatory mapping closed the Winter tour by pibinko.org & Attivarti.org: fifteen events between mid-December and mid-March, with presentation in four Italian regions, and scouting missions in four more (including Côte d’Azur, Corsica, and Sardinia). The tour … Continue reading Closing the pibinko.org + Attivarti.org Winter tour (from the Farma Valley in eight regions) at Fa’ la Cosa Giusta

Come to measure the dark skies in the “Valley that’s not there” (Il Tirreno, Dec. 17, 2016)

The Farma Valley Winter Fest was launched by Il Tirreno (one of the two newspapers published in Tuscany) on page 1, with a clip inviting people to read the article on page 23 (Culture). The translation of the full article is provided below, with some added hyperlinks and notes to provide some context to the reader.  … Continue reading Come to measure the dark skies in the “Valley that’s not there” (Il Tirreno, Dec. 17, 2016)