International Space Apps Challenge weekend
March 26th, 2012
The GarageGeeks, SpaceIL and NASA invites you to International Space Apps Challenge.
The International Space Apps Challenge is a 2 day technology development event during which citizens from around the world will work together to solve current challenges relevant to both space exploration and social need. The International Space Apps Challenge will take place on all seven continents – in space - and at GarageGeeks HQ - on 20-21 April 2012.
The International Space Apps Challenge is a “codeathon-style” event. A codeathon is a unique event that brings together citizens interested in collaborating on the development solutions that address critical challenges. A codeathon celebrates software development in its most positive context—using minimal resources and maximum brainpower to create outside- the-box solutions in response to interesting problems. Codeathons are technology development marathons, drawing on the talents and initiative of the best and the brightest software developers, engineers, designers and technologists from around the world, who volunteer their time to respond to real- world problems with solutions than can have immediate impact.
At the events, individuals collaborate with others by forming teams focused on solving a particular challenge. The teams compete with other teams around the world to utilize publicly available space and data to design innovative “solutions” to a pre-determined series of global “challenges.”
Official Website: http://spaceappschallenge.org
Overview Presentation: http://spaceappschallenge.org/resources
FAQ: http://spaceappschallenge.org/faqs
NASA sites:
http://open.nasa.gov/appschallenge
http://data.nasa.gov
http://code.nasa.gov
GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital