Hello, curiosity!

This project is solving the Curiosity at Home challenge in the International Space Apps Challenge, led by the NASA.

Core team

  • Glauber Magalhães
  • Silas Monteiro
  • Joselito Jr.
  • Fernando Jr.
  • Gustavo Pinto {ghlp@cin.ufpe.br}

Challenge Description:

Bring awareness of the Curiosity Rover’s activities down to earth. Foster a connection between citizens and the rover through software, visualizations, or a remote or app-controlled "home rover" that connects people to Mars and the Mars Rover, educating them and encouraging Mars enthusiasm.

See it online: http://hello-curiosity.herokuapp.com

Features

  • Crawl sources of information about the rover over ther internet
  • Filter false-positive (need improvements) informations and summarizes it as a rest interface
  • Nice web-based interface to interact with the final user

Notes and Todo

Certain areas could use some cleanup and polish.

  • Add onther sources of information
  • Add a scheduler to crawl the information about the rover
  • Storage this information in a non-relational database

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License

Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 {http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/}