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SPACE APPS MIKKELI
The international Space App Challenge is an annual event across the globe to improve life in space and earth. It is inspirational and interdisciplinary hackathon for everyone: coders, business developers, designers, graphic artist, concept designers, engineers, hackers, hardware enthusiasts, students, teachers and above all for people who wish to create and build together. Participants are encouraged to build teams with different skills and knowledge.
The Space Apps will be held in Mikkeli during Saturday and Sunday 11-12.4.2015. The event includes a pre-hackathon Data Bootcamp on Friday 10.4.2015. Special theme for the Data Bootcamp will be women in data. However, it is an easy way to get started in data and hackathons for everyone. The event is for everyone, not just techies.
The Space Apps Mikkeli is hosted by Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (Mamk) in co-operation with a few local organizations. It will be an unique event and first of this scale in Mikkeli. Be there and be awesome.
Venue
The event will take place in Xinno (N-building) at Mamk's main campus. More information: http://www.mamk.fi/xinno (in Finnish). There is plenty of room for working, resting and enjoying the event. It will hold approx. 60 participants and provides modern facilities.
Agenda
Will be announced soon. Stay tuned.
Keynote speakers:
Tekes - Space Finland http://spacefinland.fi/
Ilmatieteen laitos (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
+ Other guests will be announced soon.
The pre-hackathon Data Bootcamp will take place on Friday 10.4 16:00 - 20:00.
The Space Apps hackathon will take place from Saturday 11.4 09:00 to Sunday 12.4 18:00.
2Do Event is providing side events and easy going activities for relaxing between the hacking sessions.
Local challenges
Mikkeli Entrepreneurship Society (MikkeliES) challenges you to create a business, product or service concept based on any of the NASA's official challenges. There will be three judges from the board of MikkeliES. As a reward, you can earn a guaranteed spot in AHJO 2015 acceleration programme for startups and entrepreneurial businesses.
Hacklab Mikkeli challenges you to create something completely awesome. The coolest hack, whether hardware, software or something totally different, will be rewarded with a free one year membership and one month unlimited access to the lab. There will be three judges from the Hacklab community.
Partners include 2Do Event and Survey in Pocket.
Registration
All registrations must take place via this web site. You can register before the event to guarantee your spot or register at the venue during the event. https://2015.spaceappschallenge.org/register/mikkeli/.
More information
The latest information is available on the Space Apps Mikkeli Facebook page and via our Twitter.
https://www.facebook.com/SpaceAppsMikkeli
https://twitter.com/spaceappsmli
We've got a team of devoted volunteers to make sure you enjoy Space Apps Mikkeli event. If you've got any questions, please feel free to contact the event lead.
About Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences
Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (Mamk) lies at the heart of the beautiful Finnish lake district in South-Savo region. We are a modern higher education institution, offering high quality education and variety of different study fields. We have Degree programmes available at both Bachelor´s and Master´s levels.
Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences has the following fields of study:- humanities and education
- natural sciences
- natural resources and the environment
- tourism, catering and domestic services
- social services, health and sports
- technology, communication and transport
- social sciences, business and administration
Projects Nominated for Global Judging
Global Nominee #1
SpaceShield
People's choice
Water Mapping
Best Use of Data
SpaceShield
Projects Receiving Local Awards
Best Hacker Spirit - Fast Aid Kit
Best Hacker Spirit - ISStagram
Best Business Concept - Water Mapping
Resources
Sponsors
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The following projects were worked on at Mikkeli:
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Mikkeli demo
Project Members from this locationThis is a demo to be shown for participants and for testing purposes only.
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SpaceShield
Project Members from this location"To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars", Henry Van Dyke
Introduction
Our world is immensely fragile. One of the greatest existential threats (except for the ones we generate ourselves) comes from... Visit Project
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Mars Village
Project Members from this locationA human mission to Mars has been the subject of science fiction, engineering, and scientific proposals throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. NASA is already working on project to send people to live on Mars! Mars is much like the Earth - it is wonderful, but also dangerous. T... Visit Project
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Crop Alert for Farmers
Project Members from this locationCrop Alert for Farmers is a handy tool for farmers. Using Crop Alert for Farmers growers can warn nearest neighbors about pests invasion. Website provide map with information on pest type and area of invasion. Additional service is climate shift calculator of Italian locust invasion area.
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Epicloud
Project Members from this locationEpiCloud is platform for collecting and rating the most awesome pictures from NASA satellite.
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ISStagram
Project Members from this locationOur web-application is multi-platform ISS tracking software, modeled in 3D and capable of tracking not only real-time data, but also make predictions for near future trajectory. Also it is targeted as social-media for astronomy hobbyists, providing photo exchange services of celestial object a... Visit Project
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Happy Happy Moments in Space
Project Members from this locationA simple system for the public to send specific mail to space stations.
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Fast Aid Kit
Project Members from this locationFirst Aid Kits are very complicated and badly organized even to the most trained professionals. This causes a lot of problems as the main thing in extreme situations is to be fast and efficient and to avoid mistakes.
Everything about the Kit is printed with 3D printer at the ISS. The K... Visit Project
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Water Mapping
Project Members from this locationWe will design a system consisting of several sensors, which capture and send data through SMS text messages periodically, we will analyze this data in our servers, and will compare it with the minimum water standard for human consumption. We then will create models based on comparisons of our... Visit Project
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