Awards & Nominations
Cebolinhas has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
Global Nominee
S.I.P.E - Smart System of Spacial Plantation
High-Level Project Summary
Our project aims to improve and meet the nutrition needs of astronauts in the least amount of time possible. The S.I.P.E, is totally viable for long-term trips, besides being an implantable system, being possible its use in several different places. Our solution is based on a three-shelf system that will be supported by a pink led system, airflow, irrigation system and water suppression. Our main innovation, which we call the Onion System, aims to make a plant cleaner and more functional, using cotton, calcined clay, synthetic sand and stone systems. What's more, our solution has a small size.
Link to Final Project
Detailed Project Description
Our project is a mechanism that makes it possible to grow food in space.
SIPE has several systems: lighting, ventilation, temperature and irrigation. In addition to the innovative onion system which is a type of layered substrate arranged in shelves. The whole set enables growing in larger crops, in less time and space and with greater variety. Thus, reaching the necessary nutritional goal for the health of up to 6 crew members.
For this development, we use management tools such as Canvas, brainstorming and 5W2H, in addition to a 3D modeling program and Arduino C++ software.
Space Agency Data
We used NASA data like the veggie science article, where we got a lot of inspiration. Furthermore, we used the CSA data, where we learned everything about how the planting system works in space and what its difficulties are. To improve our ideas, we had help from NASA professionals, where we got the expected results. helped us research into how capillary systems work to expel water into space. In addition to knowing all the workings of space radiation.
Hackathon Journey
In the beginning, we started with individual tasks, where we tried to learn more about our challenge and the problems that they dealt with together. We learn together different physical and chemical concepts, in addition to indirectly experiencing situations that happen in space. Our team chose this challenge because it was the one that we fit the most, we love the science behind this whole plantation issue, and we also participated in other projects where we used natural concepts, so let's say we got a comfort zone in the challenge. We solved problems in our project related to microgravity, where it was quite a challenge, but together and with help, we managed to restructure and continue to move forward, this is where we discovered the real meaning of teamwork. We use the use of a solenoid pump to resolve the stalemate. We wanted Ralph Fritsche, from NASA, where he helped us learn more about microgravity, and also Kathy Luerders, who helped us on the same subject. We can't forget all the help from our local mentors, who made all this follow a pre-determined path. Our giant thanks to everyone.
References
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/veggie_fact_sheet_508.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/content/growing-plants-in-space
https://asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/sciences/food-production/default.asp
https://images.nasa.gov/search-results?q=food%20production&page=1&media=image,video,audio&yearStart=1920&yearEnd=2021
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/capillary_structures
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/iss-fluid_physics_tagged.pdf
https://www.issnationallab.org/iss360/looking-at-liquid-motion-in-microgravity/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_qPWZbxFl8&pp=ugMICgJwdBABGAE%3D
https://www.nasa.gov/content/space-food-systems
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-menu-for-mars-designing-a-deep-space-food-system
https://chat.spaceappschallenge.org/channel/have-seeds-will-travel
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/meals_ready_to_eat
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/space_radiation_ebook.pdf
https://www.microsoft.com/pt-br/p/paint-3d/9nblggh5fv99
https://www.arduino.cc/
https://www.businessmodelsinc.com/about-bmi/tools/business-model-canvas/
https://hpi-academy.de/en/design-thinking/what-is-design-thinking.html#:~:text=Design%20Thinking%20is%20a%20systematic,such%20as%20shape%20and%20layout.&text=Design%20Thinkers%20step%20into%20the,also%20carefully%20observing%20their%20behaviors.
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/nasaandyou/home/eng-iss_en-index.html
Global Judging
This project has been submitted for consideration during the Judging process.