Space Apps Challenge 2017

Our Take on the Challenge

For this challenge, we wanted to incorporate three major elements: housing, energy, and education, as well as a viable solution to free worldwide Internet.

Housing

We chose to go with cargo containers.

• They are durable
• They can withstand extreme weather and earthquakes
• They are more secure, making them harder to break in to
• Best utilization of land availability in urban settings
• They can be converted and completed in 2-4 weeks

Energy

There is no one good solution to the energy needs given the various ecological and financial obstacles. However, we did narrow it down to the following four.

• Solar
• Wind
• Geo-thermal
• Hydroelectric

Agricultural Education

Making the Internet available for free worldwide, a database we have named AgKnow would be constructed to store the following information

• Techniques of farming (using both old school and modern technology)
• A searchable how-to for beginners
• Research information to new, viable options for irrigation, growing cycles, pesticides, and new genetic research being conducted