The project addresses the topic of social isolation of people who live on or off the Earth, promoting interactions through challenges between friends or scientists.
Isolation is a challenge that we are all experiencing at the pandemic crisis and this has inspired us to find a viable solution to this situation.
Based on the topic of isolation, we did research and found articles from NASA and pubmed about what mental health consequences social isolation can cause to understand the situation more solidly. After this step, we did an ideation stage, brainstorming with the group and selecting the best ideas to solve the problem. With the ideas selected, we were able to proceed with their structuring and prototyping, seeking feedbacks to validate our ideas. The design is mobile first.
Then, we divided the team to develop the website, develop the slides, the pitch and the structuring of the texts that we use in these processes.
The main tools we used in our project were NASA's API's, git, github and the application was developed in JavaScript, HTML and CSS. We are studying the implementation of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Planet Labs and Neustar. The roadmap is in the github repository (https://github.com/Group-Hacka/NASASPACEAPPS-n.s.h.). We are in the first version.
The website is available in this link: https://group-hacka.github.io/NASASPACEAPPS-n.s.h./src/.
The prototipe is available in this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HZUsHU29ykYe7prDFKQ_mIGWkFRjfXqi?usp=sharing
https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/bodyinspace - How human body react on space and the issues about isolations and confinement
https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/social-isolation/in-context - Social Isolation in Context
https://api.nasa.gov/ - NASA API
https://images.nasa.gov/ - NASA image and video library API
Chen YR, Schulz PJ. The Effect of Information Communication Technology Interventions on Reducing Social Isolation in the Elderly: A Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res. 2016;18(1):e18. Published 2016 Jan 28. doi:10.2196/jmir.4596