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Our set task was to see how we could use the telemetry data from NASA and to use it in a mobile app for users to understand what it all means in an interactive way. This is achieved by creating a game which allows the users to interact with avatars which represent the astronauts. The avatars operate on the basis of the live data that is available through the telemetry data. Like if the astronauts are asleep in the I.S.S, then the avatars are also asleep. The aim is to transform the telemetry data into usable data by enabling the users to interact with this data through the avatars.

This is done currently as a web app which uses HTML5, javascript and to process the data that is fed off by the back end. We aim to further develop the visual experience of the Application. Further more we intend to move the application across smartphones which has a larger user base. We hope to transform this into a new social gaming experience which would bring back users to interact with data which could otherwise be uninteresting.

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