“A new NASA challenge is looking for evidence to support a theory that electromagnetic pulses (EMP) may precede an earthquake, potentially offering a warning to those in the quake’s path. The “Quest…
Category: Crowdsourcing
New Website Gathering Public Input on NASA Mars Images
“Science-team members for NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are soliciting help from the public to analyze exotic features near the south pole of Mars. By categorizing features visible in images from the orbiter’s…
NASA Uses Crowdsourcing for Open Innovation Contracts
“NASA is turning to the public and crowdsourcing for outside-the-box thinking about human space exploration challenges with a series of 10 new NASA Open Innovation Service (NOIS) Contracts. The first challenges to…
NASA-led Volunteers Map Landslides by Nepal Quakes
“As millions of people regroup from the impact of the earthquakes in Nepal, a team of international volunteers is combing through satellite imagery of the region to identify additional hazardsearthquake-induced landslides. As…
NASA Issues Opportunities to Advance "Tipping Point" and "Emerging Space Technologies"
“NASA has announced two opportunities for public-private partnerships to achieve the agency’s goals of expanding capabilities and opportunities in space. Through both solicitations, NASA is seeking industry-developed space technologies that can foster…
NASA Announces Winners of 2015 International Space Apps Challenge
“From a voice and gesture command system for spacecraft, to an app that provides farmers information about their crops’ health, this year’s winners of the International Space Apps Challenge cover a wide…
Indian Crowd Sourced Spacecraft
“For the first time, space is not longer the exclusive preserve of advanced technology institutes and scientists. Isro’s Space Application Center (SAC) has invited engineering institutes across the country to share their…
ESA App Camp Brings Satellite Data to Mobile Devices
“Developers of apps that use satellite data to assist the agricultural industry took home the top two prizes at this year’s ESA App Camp in Barcelona. The App Camp offers access to…
mPING App: Crowdsourcing Weather Reports
The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is collecting public weather reports through a free app available for smart phones or mobile devices. The app is called “mPING,” for Meteorological Phenomena Identification Near…
Crowdsourcing Exceeds One Million Classifications of Possible Planetary Habitats
“A NASA-sponsored website designed to crowdsource analysis of data from the agency’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has reached an impressive milestone. In less than a year, citizen scientists using DiskDetective.org…
Weather and Environmental Satellite Crowd Sourcing: Two New Apps
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s academic partner, the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed two free mobile apps that bring the ability to see…
Crowdsourcing Helps Discover 49th Radio pulsar: PSR J1910+07
“Einstein@Home currently processes PALFA Mock spectrometer data from Arecibo Observatory. This search run is called “BRP4” (short for Binary Radio Pulsar search #4). It uses the computing power donated by volunteers from…