High-Level Project Summary
Our team put together an origami artwork that represents the James Webb Space Telescope. Made from paper cutouts and stuck together with glue, we aim to create an easy and uncomplicated origami to allow the remake for educational purposes. Despite being simple, it preserves Webb’s scientific instruments and deployment capabilities by allowing interaction on the artwork itself. The artwork is created by applying the “art-meets-science” approach to promote the understanding that both art and science are attempts of human nature to understand the world around us. Indirectly, it promotes younger audiences a fun experience and easy understanding towards Webb and STEM itself.
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Detailed Project Description
Our team made an interactive origami artwork that resembles the James Webb Space Telescope. It is made from only two materials - paper and glue. We aim to make the origami simple and straightforward, while still preserving the aesthetic, the deployment capabilities, and educational features. The idea is after folding and unfolding the origami, we get an idea of how it expands into shape. However, it might still be confusing if the only thing we’re seeing is colored papers. So, we implemented patterns onto the origami to help differentiate components. We maximize the potential of our solution using the very limited materials we currently have. By scoring, cutting, and sticking the origami together, we were able to achieve a similar model-like origami. It benefits everyone as it is a simple art approach to help understand Webb's deployment capabilities. Hopefully in the future, this origami can be a helpful tool to help teach and educate people, especially younger audiences, in understanding Webb and space discovery altogether.
We didn't had enough time to edit the video, but we did managed to record a voiceover and prepare a presentation video.
Presentation video - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lUJSmldgb985SbFaTfj9AB2bW-MfsMHp/view?usp=drivesdk
Voiceover - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yOZLpNIvNiyPdRU0Q25vblAa_ih24vSn/view?usp=sharing
Space Agency Data
The majority of the data used are from NASA's open source-space data. Either from the website itself, or other platforms, including YouTube. Mainly, we referred to Webb's introduction and deployment process videos in order to accurately highlight the design element and deployment sequence. Initially, we depended on the website alone and found a model file. Though it gave us a big help in inspiring the look of the final project, we later realized the important element that was missing - the educational features and deployment capabilities. Although it was a little too late, the information from YouTube was easy to comprehend, thus making the last minute project much easier to execute.
Hackathon Journey
Overall, it was a fun learning experience for my team and I. We learned more about Webb's mission and how important space discovery is. The main inspiration for our team is Webb's unique and complex design. To say the least, it was quite challenging to figure out ways to showcase the deployment and scientific instruments in a single artwork. Furthermore, due to event clashes, we had trouble managing our time in order to submit the project before the deadline. Thanks to NASA's open source-space based data, we were able to access reliable, accurate, and trustworthy information which saved us TONS of time. I am also very appreciative of my teammates for putting in time, energy, and effort in succeeding our project. I am very grateful for being in a team with very empathetic teammates that overall wraps this hackathon journey with a big warm hug. Lastly, I would like to thank my local lead for bringing NASA Space Apps Challenge all across the globe to this humble state. It is with great honor that I am given the chance to participate and learn so much in just the span of 48 hours. With that being said, I hope you expect this team in following years, in hopes of coming back with better, smarter and more innovative solutions.
References
https://youtu.be/v6ihVeEoUdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VqG3Jazrfs&t=28s
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/model/jwstPaperModelBasic.pdf
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
Global Judging
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