High-Level Project Summary
Sunshine4All is a mobile application that enable it's users to access,understand and make use of the data provided by NASA POWER.Sunshine4All is developed based on the problem where public users have limited access and education towards sunlight.We focus on the simplicity of both the feature and interface of the application where users are able to access the data with ease, simply understand the complexity within the data and finally make use of the data provided as desired. Our main focus is to aid users to understand the capability of solar energy in their location.This is important to build awareness among users on the capability of solar energy to save energy and household expenses.
Link to Project "Demo"
Link to Final Project
Detailed Project Description
The data provided by NASA POWER are indeed very powerful and useful in making a change towards lifestyle. The fact that It have always been there but unused have inspired us to build Sunshine4All. The main feature of Sunshine4All is to enable users to access,understand and make use of the data. We want the data provided by NASA POWER to be more accessible through Sunshine4All. We focus on the simplicity of both the feature and interface to reduce the complexity of the data where we want every users regardless of their background to be able to understand the data with ease. Throughout our journey in developing Sunshine4All, we found out that one of the common problems among public users is the lack of understanding towards solar energy. Through empathy, we decided to make use of the data from NASA POWER and turn it into simple parameters that could be understood by public users. These simple parameters will enable public users or homeowner to understand the capability of solar energy in their respective location. Examples of important parameters that are displayed in Sunshine4All are amount of power that can be generated through solar in respective location. These parameters are important in planning and decisions made by homeowners and even public users who decided or planned to install solar energy. Our aim is to educate and influence public users who have zero knowledge on the capability of solar energy to make plan and decision in installing solar energy as in the long run, It will be beneficial to both the user and mother earth itself. Our vision is to build awareness among public users on the true potential of sunlight which will be very beneficial to mankind.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F-bIliu-5NdOcQs5N4O6QUEXeP_KSiyx
Space Agency Data
NASA POWER
Hackathon Journey
Our main concept in competing is this Space Apps challenge is that learning is our main goal and everything else are just bonus. Throughout the journey,there are a lot of moments where we will need to work together as a team to solve a particular problem. Apart from these, the workshops held to enhance our skillset are of very informative too. Our team are inspired to help public users to understand the capability of solar energy in their location. We aspire to educate the public on the ability of sunlight as one of the most powerful natural resources in bringing benefits to us. Our approach and decisions made in developing this project are mainly based on different perspectives of empathy. In short, we solve problems based on empathy but in different perspectives.Our team mainly just work together and trust in the process in term of resolving challenges.
References
- NASA Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Data Access Viewer, API, and Resources
- React Native Expo as framework for the mobile application
- Visual Studio Code as the text editor and Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- Figma as the tools for mobile application interface design
- Adobe Premiere Pro for video editing
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