Philippine Team wins NASA Award
Roy Mabasa
Manila Bulletin
21 February 2019
The team iNon from the Philippines on Thursday received an award from the United States government for capturing the Best Galactic Impact category in the 2018 NASA Space Apps Challenge beating out 1,395 other teams from around the world.
US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim awarded the certificate of recognition to iNON team members Revbrain Martin, Marie Jeddah Legaspi, Julius Czar Torreda, and Matthew Concubierta during the ceremony at the US Embassy. Leandro de Guzman, the fifth member of the team, was unable to attend the ceremony.
The Filipino innovators ISDApp, from the Filipino word "ísda" (meaning fish) to communicate crucial information about real-time weather and sea conditions to fisherfolks.
The app enables local government officials to provide potentially life-saving information to fisherfolk's analog cellphones using NASA globe observer data.
"I am deeply impressed by team iNON's fantastic achievement in defeating teams from around the world to win first place in the Galactic Impact category of the NASA Space Apps Challenge . They can inspire other Filipino youth to develop innovative solutions to problems in their own communities, " Kim said at the event.
ISDApp was conceived by the Team iNON at the US Embassy-sponsored NASA Space Apps Challenge in October 2018.
US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission LAw, who served on the panel of judges, said Team iNON's approach to getting important information out to fisherfolks without internet connectivity struck him as "clever and compassionate.
"I am pleased they received global recognition," Law said.
For Team iNON member Legaspi, he explained that ISDApp is a "simple solution with an important purpose" which helped the technology swim to success. "This is proof that even technology needs a heart."
His team mate Martin said: "We saw the problem, and figured we could do something to help the lives of coastal communities around the world."
Roy Mabasa
Manila Bulletin
21 February 2019
The team iNon from the Philippines on Thursday received an award from the United States government for capturing the Best Galactic Impact category in the 2018 NASA Space Apps Challenge beating out 1,395 other teams from around the world.
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| Teams iNON and Space Force will represent the country in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Apps Global Challenge (Photo courtesy of Animo Labs via Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) |
US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim awarded the certificate of recognition to iNON team members Revbrain Martin, Marie Jeddah Legaspi, Julius Czar Torreda, and Matthew Concubierta during the ceremony at the US Embassy. Leandro de Guzman, the fifth member of the team, was unable to attend the ceremony.
The Filipino innovators ISDApp, from the Filipino word "ísda" (meaning fish) to communicate crucial information about real-time weather and sea conditions to fisherfolks.
The app enables local government officials to provide potentially life-saving information to fisherfolk's analog cellphones using NASA globe observer data.
"I am deeply impressed by team iNON's fantastic achievement in defeating teams from around the world to win first place in the Galactic Impact category of the NASA Space Apps Challenge . They can inspire other Filipino youth to develop innovative solutions to problems in their own communities, " Kim said at the event.
ISDApp was conceived by the Team iNON at the US Embassy-sponsored NASA Space Apps Challenge in October 2018.
US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission LAw, who served on the panel of judges, said Team iNON's approach to getting important information out to fisherfolks without internet connectivity struck him as "clever and compassionate.
"I am pleased they received global recognition," Law said.
For Team iNON member Legaspi, he explained that ISDApp is a "simple solution with an important purpose" which helped the technology swim to success. "This is proof that even technology needs a heart."
His team mate Martin said: "We saw the problem, and figured we could do something to help the lives of coastal communities around the world."
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