NASA Space Apps Challenge 2016
On April 22-24th, 2016 was held a 48 hour hackathon where scientists, designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, developers and students were able to collaborate and engage with publicly available data to design innovative solutions for global challenges.
The event was part of NASA Space Apps Challenge that is an international mass collaboration focused on space exploration 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. This year there were over 25 challenges in six areas: Technology, Aeronautics, Space Station, Solar System, Earth and Journey to Mars. NASA was leading this global collaboration along with a number of government collaborators and over 100 local organizing teams across the globe.
The event was attended by 50 participants divided into 8 groups were each group has worked in different challenges with the help of mentors.
1st place winner was the group Orion with a great and innovative idea for solving the problem in Space Recreation category by creating a gravitation force using electromagnetic field inside the space shuttle therefore avoiding costs and efforts for gym activities, 2nd place winner was team Legends of Tomorrow by creating a virtual reality experience that allows users to build and explore a futuristic spaceport, 3rd place or People’s Choice winner was team Enigma with the Innovative Drone able to work in 0 gravity and in three places like Earth, March and Moon.