Nicosia

Location Details

Projects

Hey Space Appers,

if this video https://vimeo.com/82727889 brings back great memories, then you can't miss Space Apps Nicosia 2014!

Save the date! April 12-13, 2014. We will be joining over 100 cities around the world, to collaborate and solve challenges facing humanity -- both on and off Planet Earth.

Space Apps Nicosia 2014 will be an open event organized by the community, for the community. We stay faithful to last year's goals:
- bring together people who are interested in space science, engineering, technology and art
- promote collaboration
- disseminate the mindset of openness
Nevertheless, we now are ready to kick-start the national space exploration program and educate the next generation of researchers and space doers.

All in all, we are trying hard to turn this hackathon into an unforgettable experience and help participants take the most out of it and come up with unique, innovative solutions.

Hold on to your hats, it's going to be a long ride upwards!
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Space Apps Nicosia 2014 is co-organized by a team of volunteers and NASA.
The event is supported by Cyprus Space Exploration Organization, the Computer Science Club of University of Cyprus and the Department of Engineering and Technology of Cyprus University of Technology.

Wings by Red Bull Energy Drink – www. facebook. com/redbull
Extra caffeine boost and hot beverages by Starbucks Cyprus.
Vitamins and fresh fruits by Zittis Fruit Market.
Water, refreshments and juice are a kind offer by Lanitis Bros - Coca Cola.
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre CIIM Entice offers a local price of 10 hours of consulting and mentoring.

Can't wait till the weekend? There is a week full of space things to do!
Cyprus Space Exploration organization is taking it a step further, organizing a series of events including space experiments at schools, Space Cinema Nights, night sky observations and even a public talk with the man who has spent most time in space! Check the full schedule here http://www.spaceexploration.org.cy/spaceweek

Join forces! Contribute to Space Apps Nicosia 2014
Read more at the call for volunteers.

Have the challenges been announced?
Yes! This year's challenges are public in this website and you can start working on them. Remember, Space Apps is a lot more that a weekend hackathon, open up your idea, find people to work together and share your findings and hard work; this is the way to have a greater impact!

Which challenges will we be working on in Nicosia?
You can take over any challenge you want! Just post about it at our facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/spaceappscy/
So far there has been expressed interested on:
ExoMars Rover is My Robot
Tree Factor
Earth Images from Space Station
Bring the Internet to Deep Space Exploration
Coastal Inundation in your Community
How can I find a team?
When you arrive at your event, there will be a number of focus challenges, and teams will be created from participants interested in working on particular projects. Virtual participants will join an 'on boarding session' online during the weekend where they can find collaborators from local events or among other virtual participants.

Which are the international criteria for judging a solution?
Projects will be judged at the global level by a NASA panel in 5 categories: Best Use of Hardware, Best Use of Data, Most Inspiring, Galactic Impact, Best Mission Concept. A 6th award will be publicly determined in the People's Choice category.

BYO?
Space Apps Nicosia 2014 is organized by a byo-tiful team of volunteers, with a minimal budget.
Please Bring Your Own equipment (laptops, electronic boards, multi-socket adapters etc). There will be some fruits and snacks, and a cafeteria next to the venue with student prices for meals.

Schedule
Saturday
09:00 Registration
09:45 Kickoff
22:00 Telescope observation

Sunday
15:00 Submit proposals
16:00 3min presentations + 2min questions
18:00    Judging
18:30    Announcing selected proposals
19:00    Yuri's night party!

SUPPORTERS

SPONSORS

Projects Nominated for Global Judging

Galactic Impact
Landslide Early Warning System

Most Inspiring
Leaf me alone - Android app

People's choice
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Resources
Location
Senate Council building "Leventis", University of CyprusMap it
University of Cyprus, New Campus
Nicosia
Cyprus

Time
Start
9:00 AM Local Nicosia Time
Saturday April 12, 2014

End
8:00 PM Local Nicosia Time
Sunday April 13, 2014

Leads

Marios Isaakidis
Email Marios
The following projects were worked on at Nicosia:
- Leaf me alone - Android app
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  As a researcher you want to examine the impact of the pollution by the ozone on the leaves. As a result of this need we decided to develop a novel solution to this problem.
  
  The solution we proposed is based on a smartphone solution (Android). The computational part is performed on a dif... Visit Project
- Space Photos
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  The infrastructure created is able to server not only pictures that are mined through the ISERV FTP Server, but any image that has Mercator coordinates tagged as well.
  
  The web service supports searches in order to get specific content, but consumers of the data can get a complete dump o... Visit Project
- Tor/I2P nodes and FTP servers in deep space.
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  This project's aim is to make Internet in space faster and more accessible than ever. As FTP servers are easy to set up, I think it will be much more easier to transport data from space stations to Earth.
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- ΧΨ-SKELETON BEAM ROVER
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  uses the tracks of Curiosity Rover 2012 to deploy a 14-meters long beam, which can be used for scanning or shallow digging, a large (relatively flat) surface area.
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- testware
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  Increase Public Awareness About Environmental Problems Get off the old fashion ways and make this a fun ride for everyone
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- Landslide Early Warning System
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  Landslides occur suddenly, and they usually result in extensive monetary, material, and social losses. They are caused due to the elevation of the water level in the ground, usually after a prolonged rainfall.
  
  In order to provide a solution to the problem, we developed an early warning ... Visit Project
- ClimaWare
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  Increase Public Awareness About Environmental Problems Get off the old fashion ways and make this a fun ride for everyone
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- I see more
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  The aim of the project is to extract valuable information form satellites using image processing techniques.
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- SCARABEO PROJECT
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  The project concerns collection of space debris using a spacecraft powered by photovoltaic panels. The spacecraft drops a number of smaller soft spacecraft against the debris orbit. Their material used is similar to a spacesuit. The debris is attracted by charging it. A 3D piezoelectric net is... Visit Project