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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TKh1uv4YCA

https://utmedu-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/al02967683_tecmilenio_mx/EeJrIxWDTldEg-ypREU0KwoBjN9NuUIRRzcMfwH_3H5zig?e=6FFjnA

THE R.I.S.H. Project.  

First, we recommend you to know us better by visiting this presentation where we talk about our role at this team and share some facts about ourselves! https://www.canva.com/design/DAErnuA-eFs/X0XsmvI-K-jZ5rcD_lTDHg/view?utm_content=DAErnuA-eFs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebuttonWe have been working on the design of a mobile tracker we have denominated R.I.S.H. The design was thought to be compact, practical, small, lightweight and carriable, as well as resistant to any meteorological phenomena's such as rain or elevated temperature, humidity, etc.  

Let us put an example of an investigator who begins walking on an empty terrain with tall grass, he carries the R.I.S.H. in his hand and a sudden beep comes from the small machine, showing units in the screen, he quickly realizes that there must be an insect nearby, just how? And how exactly did he end up in that area? How is this explorer so sure the small bug will very probably travel South when Winter starts?  

Well, this small artefact is telling him everything he wants to know about it and just where considering every factor is the rest of its specie, as well as if where they are and will move it is a natural preserve that can keep them safe from human made actions.  

In general the work starts when maps of a region are analyzed, using new images taken by satellites, it is particularly important that the photo is taken by a hyperspectral camera, this is to identify by the process of color values, areas with high concentration spots of cuticular hydrocarbons, which is a chemical compound that all insects have in their bodies and are constantly emitting, since it is the thing that keeps them hydrated no matter the conditions of their surroundings, in a way, cuticular hydrocarbons are their shield and are especially useful when finding out the states of their lives, they don’t even recognize the ones similar to them with the eye, but with their sense that helps them identify emission of these compounds.  

When a map shows several spots with the color assigned to the hydrocarbons, an investigation team will be certain to send an individual with the tracker to the area designed, once there, the design of the device will be vital, since it uses a Raman spectrometer, which is able to identify the location of hydrocarbons and their type by analyzing the variation in the molecule vibration when spotting them with the emitted light and then using several formulas that give away in seconds the number of carbons in the chain and therefore, with different values set by past studies with insects, by this process and after determining where is the insect, several photos will be taken with 3 different cameras, a regular one to catch the insect in its full beauty, a thermal camera, and a small hyperspectral camera, the information is sent with a signal to a satellite (we plan on making this the Real VUE) making use of the antenna in the tracker, the collected information will bounce and head over to the data base located in the installations of Universidad Tecmilenio and share immediately with Museo Semilla, which also will make great use of the things discovered.

  e must remember that the data coming only from hydrocarbons makes it easy to know the insect’s sex, age, and specie.  

With these three pieces of knowledge, we are also able to know just where the insects are heading to, without the need for implanting tracking chips or modifying their environment in any way or form, it is highly eco-friendly.  

It is a fact that insects are intelligent creatures that know which currents of wind they may take to make their trip quicker and safer, there are other species that travel depending the season, other whose speed changes depending on the ground and will not move if there’s rain, there’s tons of environmental facts we must consider and we plan to predict their moves given these variables, the numbers of members that can be travelling and so on.  

THE R.I.S.H. APP  

All these vital details can be included on an app we plan to create that quickly receives everything that is delivered to the data base and accommodates it by species order, in a way in which you can see the species, sex, age, and a description of a specific insect next to an image of it.  

The app will give a principal screen where all insects available are visible in images with their names. Each image will have a label with a small preview of the insect’s facts, once choose the wanted insect it will emerge the complete description of it, including all the details collected by the spectrometer and the information deduced from the taken images, this information will be editable by authorized personal when actualization is necessary.  

The same app will also give access to the created maps with the information collected by the spectrometer. The maps will show the abundance of different hydrocarbons in specific areas and a timeline which shows the progress and movement evolution of them.  

Besides the main screen, there will be a novelties appartement, as its name says, this apart designates the most important news now. Here, scientists and investigators will be able to publish their newest discoveries and contribute to other publications to achieve bigger advancements.

Now, we present to you the powerpoint we showed to the judges in our region, we hope you enjoy it!  

https://www.canva.com/design/DAErvNUKp0k/BQx3WpTj-LQD3hqjKTDkeA/view?utm_content=DAErvNUKp0k&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton 

THE FUTURE OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE EPIC. 

Imagine how much can we discover if this becomes a full reality, we will be able to adapt it to the ocean and use the data to make our world a better place, this is a project that we believe should be put for judging since bugs are the basis of our world and we are solving the past mistakes by creating an efficient way to keep this planet alive and safe! 

''It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change'' - Charles Darwin 

We're supported by the satellital and terrenal maps provided by the NASA official page, we also used the links in the page challenge and made great use of the digital tools given, in future times, we plan to utilize and support in the AztechSat-1 satellite created by the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, approved by the NASA.

https://mol.org/

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/esd/2020/nasa-fosters-innovative-ways-to-understand-biodiversity/

http://www.sci-news.com/space/insect-reptile-like-life-forms-mars-07830.html

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-a-satellite-58.html

https://earthdata.nasa.gov/

https://www.nasa.gov/subject/3133/land/

https://eospso.nasa.gov/content/nasas-earth-observing-system-project-science-office

This whole experience has been amazing and very inspiring!

Of course we were very tired at time and as 15-16 year olds in a highschool, were highly worried about our missing activities, but we are confident we did our best and poured our souls in this project! It's very laughable to be honest, we have so many memories from this weekend only that would take up about fifteen pages!

1. We ended up locked inside the museum we were working at! Sunday, 8 pm, exhausted but happy with the fact we will take a nice warm shower and go to sleep but no! We try exiting through the same door we always do and guess what, it's locked! We even shake it! There was absolutely no one but us in this place, completely at darkness and feeling scared of what might happen, we call our robotics team mentor as we search for help and shout out loud 'Is anyone here?' to help us, checking all the entrances! Funny enough, turns out maybe we didn't shake the door enough. At least we are now home and feeling straight out of a horror movie.
2. Recording a 30 second video that says everything about your project is very difficult! We know that by first hand, not only in the sense of making everything compact enough to be just as amazing as we wanted. At morning, it had rained and we needed a shot outside with one of our dear teammates, Pato, walking through a metallic hall to get to the grass, one thing we know, it didn't go smoothly and he was nearly falling right there while moving his hands in a funny way; he practiced skate in those 2 seconds.
3. One thing this team loves is cake and birthday parties! We didn't think this would be a part of our Space Apps experience though, yet it was! After exposing our presentation to the judges, we wanted to thank our Regional Event organizers personally! (If you guys are reading this, thank you so much!) so we visited the computer room they were at just to be surprised at the fact they were about to celebrate the late birthday of one of their team! We sang ''happy birthday'' and laughed at how random but calming everything was!
4. One thing our team values is help, we had the opportunity to assist as 'secondary mentors' with a friend team who worked with stuff as complex as rockets! This all happened in our free time and we learned a lot from them, we are thankful.

How did our team solve challenges? Just as Darwin said, the ones who survive are those who adapt to change and we think that's just what we did, we had tons of technical issues but we were careful with keeping plans just in case, we made them all together as if in work reunions and always made sure to do one thing: believe in one another, we are now certain, we weren't wrong in doing that.

In conclusion, this team is spectacular.

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This project has been submitted for consideration during the Judging process.