GLOBAL WINNER

NASA Space App Challenge 2017 is the largest Hackathon in the World. The event is held in 187 locations, 69 countries and 25,140 participants participated in the challenge. We're proud to have represented Singapore and emerged as the Global winner in the category "Galactic Impact" which is the solution with the most potential to improve life on earth or in the Universe
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What if human adventure to Mars was not possible due to the high risk of radiation exposure

OVERVIEW

COSMIC RAY
COMING AT YOU

Our earth is constantly bombarded by radiation from our universe, including the sun. The earth’s magnetic field deflects much of this radiation, protecting us from harmful effects.
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While people on the ground have atmospheric protection, those at a higher altitude are exposed to a greater risk of radiation.

This is especially relevant to frequent travelers and those serving in the airline industry.
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THE MISSION

To calculate and visualise the radiation exposure for frequent travelers and those serving in the airline industry.
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KEY QUESTIONS

Does it even matter to the people in the airline industry?

So what if we managed to calculate and visualise (mSv), a unit of radiation exposure???? 

How many Sieverts in your boarding pass?

According to the National Council on Radiation Protection, air crews face more radiation exposure than any other radiology workers or nuclear power plant engineers.

Annual Sievert limit (mSv):

20X

Annual Exposure (mSv):

5X

“
Innovation starts when you ask simple questions.
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- FANTASY.CO
THE KICKOFF

Radiation Exposure in Airline Industry

To understand our persona's pain points, we interviewed 4 air stewardess and one flight risk analyst
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EARLY INSIGHTS

FLIGHT CREW

Flight crews cannot understand the technical jargons and graphs filed in flight reports.

AIRLINES

In order to maximise revenue, airlines plan for the most direct routes, including polar and long-haul air routes that runs a far greater risk of radiation exposure.


REFRAMED PROBLEM

NO DIRECT CONSEQUENCES

While NASA takes many preventive measures to limit the intense RE during space , the air crews do not get the same level of scrutiny. There are no official dose limit for air crews.
SOLUTION


What if understanding flight radiation was so much easier?

Flight crew and airline employees can now be in control of their radiation levels and more importantly, raise awareness on the effects of flight radiation exposure.

Accumulative flight doses within pocket reach

Calculate and visualise how much radiation you are exposed to on your current or past flights.

Shifting perspective

Can we quantify the effects of flight radiation exposure in ways we can all understand?

Airlines will be notified

Airlines will be informed in an event if passenger or airline employee sievert hits dangerous level.

What if Airlines valued Data Analytics

Most airlines do not have a convenient way of pulling out flight crews' accumulative radiation exposure data before planning their flight schedule. Can we make this better by introducing a dashboard that allows airlines to closely monitor flight crews’ sievert reading on a macro level and make changes to schedule of flight crew for the following month if their sievert readings hits above the threshold.

Data Visualisation with Tableau.

The darker shade of blue represents the state in America with the highest flight radiation exposure

Drill down, make better decision

Capture flight path with most radiation exposure, identify solar storms, polar flights by controlling the granularity of the data and develop a prescriptive and predictive model around it over time 
OUTCOMES

AN INVITATION TO KENNEDY SPACE STATION

We were invited to attend the launch of the TDRS-M satellite on the 18th August 2017 at NASA Kennedy Space Station at Florida, USA.

It is truly a once in a lifetime experience to be given the rare privilege to come up close to the launch of their TDRS-M satellite. The trip to NASA has open our eyes and ears to the city that lives within the perimeters of NASA Space Exploration Ground. We were immersed in the culture of innovation and inspired by the very employees who drive the mission of NASA forward.
REFLECTION

DON’T SETTLE, KEEP LOOKING.

Throughout the competition, I observed how bias-for-action mutated into a bias-for-delivery.  

Most of the teams let the question “how quickly can we build it?” define the it, more than the customer define it.
THE IMPACT

A FATHER'S LOVE

For those of you who have watched the heart-moving sci-fiction movie Interstellar, the scene where the father makes a desperate attempt to make connection with his daughter through the watch he gave her, speaks to the heart of experience designing. At its core, all our efforts and explorations constantly point towards searching for the root of a problem that makes problem-solving so meaningful. Today, we have more than 102,465 flights in a day. I just want you to imagine, for a second, how many lives can we potentially uplift.
TEAM RADAWAY

THE SQUAD

MOSES

UX Designer at
Publicis Sapient
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MARK

UX Designer at
EACIIT
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MARTIN

Visual Effect Technical Director
at Lucasfilm
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HARALD

Senior manager at PwC Singapore
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ROGER

Flight Risk Analyst Consultant
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