What is it? * Hackathons are technology development events that draw on the talents and initiative of bright minded volunteers – developers, engineers, technologists, designers, and anyone with a passion and desire to make an immediate impact on the world.
The International Space Apps Challenge is an international hackathon* that takes place over 48-hours in cities around the world.
The event embraces collaborative problem solving with a goal of producing relevant open-source solutions to address global needs applicable to both life on Earth and life in space.
2012 Results Growers Nation
An app that explores the potential of unused land for the growing of fruit, vegetable and other crops through the use of location, climate and growing data.
Bit Harvester
An SMS-based remote data acquisition and control system for renewable energy installations.
Strange Desk
An app that allows users to socially share and analyze the occurrence of strange events with others.
Pineapple Project
An app that provides the optimal crop for your community by filtering a tropical crop database by location’s rainfall, latitude, elevation and pH.
Satellite Data Correlation Tool
A visualization of the growth in electrification and population across the globe, using night-time lighting from satellite data across a region as a proxy.
The first International Space Apps Challenge was held in April 2012 in 25 cities on all seven continents. The event addressed 71 challenges focused on improving life in space and on Earth. More than 100 unique open-source solutions were developed in less then 48 hours, including the following 10 examples.
Aurora Project
An app that shows aurora intensity, the ISS location and space weather data using the WebGL globe platform.
ExoAPI
A RESTful API to extend the accessibility of NASA Kepler exoplanetary data.
Lunar Landing Analysis Tool
An app that calculates the ideal landing site on the Moon using NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbert and produces a “heat map” that can be viewed using Google Earth.
VICAR2PNG
An app that allows anyone to view, enjoy and remix NASA’s mission image from the Cassini mission.
Planet Hopper
An app that visualizes Kepler data to allow children and teachers to explore all the exoplanets that we know about.
2013 Challenges Challenges will be offered in the areas of open source software, open hardware, data visualization and citizen science. All challenges ideas are subjected to an intensive review and refinement process and will be posted online approximately one month prior to the event. The following are 10 examples of challenges that will be offered in 2013.
Seven Minutes of Science
Develop a concept to utilize 150kg of ejectable mass during the entry and landing phase of a Mars mission to accomplish scientific or technical objectives.
"No Delays" Air Traffic Management
Develop a real-time, open and crowd-sourced, distributed gaming and technology development platform to evolve the best ideas for future air traffic management.
Catch a Meteor
Create an app which would allow observers of a meteor shower to trace the location, color, and size of the shooting star.
Smart Cities, Smart Climate
Explore the impacts of atmospheric changes on the health, infrastructure and society in urban areas.
Off the Grid
Research, develop, and/or refine existing platforms to help humans live ‘off the grid’.
Why We Explore Space
We tell the story of how and what, but very rarely do we talk about the "why.” Help us tell the “why” of space exploration.
Spot the Station
Extend the functionality of Spot the Station by sharing your sightings with others and visualizing the data.
Hitch a Ride to Mars
Design a CubeSat (or constellation of CubeSats) to accomplish scientific and technical objectives for an upcoming Mars exploration mission.
Near Earth Object Visualization
Use data concerning asteroids and other materials (such as man-made space debris) to create a beautiful representation of the objects surrounding our planet.
Curiosity at Home
Build an app driven remote controlled rover based on the data from Curiosity's first 90 sols.
2013 Locations The second International Space Apps Challenge will take place in 75 cities around the weekend of 20-21 April 2013. 68 of 75 locations have been chosen as of 7 February 2013.
North America
1. Atlanta, GA
2. Augusta, GA
3. Austin, TX
4. Cape Canaveral, FL
5. Cleveland, OH
6. Detroit, MI
7. Easton, MD
8. Houston, TX
9. Miami, FL
10. Norman, OK
11. Louisville, KY
12. New York City, NY
13. Philadelphia, PA
14. Rochester, NY
15. Reno, NV
16. San Francisco, CA
17. Syracuse, NY
18. Toronto, Canada
19. Winnipeg, Canada
Africa
1. Cotounou, Benin
2. Kampala, Uganda
3. Pretoria, South Africa
4. Nairobi, Kenya
5. Saint Louis, Senegal
Europe
1. Amsterdam, Netherlands
2. Athens, Greece
3. Exeter, UK
4. Glascow, Scotland
5. Gothenburg, Sweden
6. Krakow, Poland
7. Lausanne, Switzerland
8. Leicester, UK
9. London, UK
10. Madrid, Spain
11. Paris, France
12. Rome, Italy
13. Skopje, Macedonia
14. Sofia, Bulgaria
15. Stuttgart, Germany
16. Tampere, Finland
17. York, UK
Australia/South Pacific
1. Adelaide
2. Auckland, New Zealand
3. Brisbane
4. Canberra
5. Melbourne
6. Sydney
Mexico, Central & South America
1. Azua de Compostela, Dominican Republic
2. Belo Horizonte, Brazil
3. Bogota, Colombia
4. Guadalajara, Mexico
5. Guatemala City, Guatemala
6. Guayaquil, Ecuador
7. Managua, Nicaragua
8. Mexico City, Mexico
9. Monterrey, Mexico
10. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
11. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
12. Santiago, Chile
Asia
1. Bangalore, India
2. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
3. Istanbul, Turkey
4. Jakarta, Indonesia
5. Kathmandu, Nepal
6. Manila, Philippines
7. New Delhi, India
8. Singapore, Singapore
9. Tokyo, Japan
2013 Participating Organizations Global Partners
NASA
US Department of State
European Space Agency (ESA)
UK Space Agency
Geeks Without Bounds
mLabs
Tech Shop
Raspberry Pi
CloudSigma
Tumblr
Online News Association
Challenge Partners
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Department of Energy (DOE)
General Services Administration (GSA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Sally Ride Science
European Space Agency (ESA)
Met Office UK
University of Dundee Product Design Studio (Scotland)
Local Partners
Australian National University
Victorian Space Science Education Center
Centro Boliviano Americano Santa Cruz
Geocensos (Colombia)
Trainsoft (Bulgaria)
Telerik Academy (Bulgaria)
Bulgarian Space Challenges
Technology University of Bulgaria
INTEC University (Dominican Republic)
New Factory (Finland)
@america (Indonesia)
Srishti School of Art Design and Technology
Center for Internet of Society (India)
Yelp (San Francisco)
Hack for Japan
Hackerspace Monterrey
The Hub (London, Singapore)
HackEPFL (Switzerland)
InnovationsbronSB (Sweden)
Agxenda.com (Spain)
Northeast Ohio Software Association
Aerospace Research (Germany)
New York City Tech Council
Startup Bus
RIT Lab for Technological Literacy (NY)
NEXIS at Syracuse University (NY)
University of York (UK)
Open Street Map (Chile)
IGT (Nevada)
Reno Collective
Hot Desks Easton (MD)
Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center
Azavea (PA)
Big Nerd Ranch (GA)
Chaotic Moon (Austin)
Saigon High Tech Business Incubator
University of Oklahoma
The Clubhou.se (GA)
Hack Houston
Philly Tech Week (PA)
Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center (KSCVC)
Geeks Without Bounds
US Consulate Krakow
US Consulate Guadalajara
US Consulate Monterrey
US Consulate Santa Cruz
US Embassy Rome
US Embassy Auckland
US Embassy Sofia
US Embassy Jakarta
The International Space Apps Challenge is an unprecedented international collaboration between government agencies, organizations and academic institutions from around the world.
More Information If you would like more information about how you can participate in the International Space Apps Challenge, please contact us:
Nicholas Skytland
NASA
Program Manager, NASA Open Innovation Program
Office of the Chief Information Officer
[email protected]
Ali Llewellyn
Valador
Project Manager, International Space Apps Challenge
Office of the Chief Information Officer
[email protected]
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