International Space Apps Challenge – this weekend #spaceapps @intlspaceapps
The International Space Apps Challenge is a two day “codeathon” happening April 21-22 2012. Dozens of locations around the world will participate, including the International Space Station and McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The NYC contingent will be located at Pivotal Labs, where ISOC-NY is assisting with the webcast. Dynamically formed teams will compete to utilize publicly available space and data to design innovative “solutions” to a pre-determined series of global “challenges.” All the locations will be webcasting via uStream so there will be plenty of opportunities to check out the action.
What: International Space Apps Challenge
When: April 21-22 2012
Where: Global
Challenges: http://spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/
Webcast: SpaceApps Global | search for “spaceapps” on uStream
IRC: Join channel #spaceapps on freenode
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceappschallenge
Radio: http://gov20radio.com/spaceapps/
Twitter: #spaceapps | @intlspaceapps
Public Piratepad: http://piratepad.net/ep/pad/view/ro.RtlzkN1a3SA/latest
Logistics: http://bit.ly/spaceappstime
Media: http://spaceappschallenge.org/press/
New York
Webcast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/spaceapps-newyork
Piratepad: http://piratepad.net/hHYCPcKIgc
Public Piratepad: http://piratepad.net/ep/pad/view/ro.kJ-G6SCWnKf/latest
Virtual Participation
Piratepad: http://piratepad.net/OAYkj4P9QX
Public Piratepad: http://piratepad.net/ep/pad/view/ro.Q0K6XFNItsJ/latest
joly 12:46 am on April 23, 2012 Permalink |
Here are the two winners of the NYC location. You can vote for them within the global competition.
Exoapi.com: ExoAPI is an ongoing project that extends the accessibility of exoplanetary data by providing an easy to use RESTful API. ExoAPI was created during the NASA Space Apps Challenge [spaceappschallenge.org] by a team of three amazing geniuses who knew nothing about space before they started this…and still don’t really. Currently the data is provided by http://exoplanetology.blogspot.com/ who in turn feeds the data from http://exoplanet.eu/. The ExoAPI team plans on extending the API to encompass a wider array of data sources and more interesting space data to reach as many programmers as possible and encourage an explosion of space data based mashups. Vote here.
CERES Farmers in the developing world lack proper access to food pricing information. Without proper information, rural farmers are vulnerable to a variety of problems.CERES solves these problems by allowing farmers to exchange commodity price information with their peers, allowing them to make better-informed decisions. Farmers interact with the service by using SMS to check current prices within seconds. For large purchasers and governments, CERES provides a powerful web interface for decision makers to view the data in aggregate. Over the coming months, our launch partner, Opportunity International – Nicaragua, will be piloting our application in rural Nicaragua. Won’t you join us in driving economic transformation? Vote here.
See more apps at http://open.nasa.gov/blog/2012/05/09/spaceapps-global-judging-open-now/