MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino-made mobile application was recently recognized by the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for its vision of providing fishermen with scientific data that could help in their everyday lives. “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,” said Kim. ISDApp aims to communicate crucial information about real-time weather and sea conditions to fisherfolk, including those who do not have smartphones. “May the fish be with us.”The group said they intend to incorporate more NASA data to provide more information such as tide and water temperature. Space Apps is an international hackathon organized by NASA to tap coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists and other stakeholders to come together to address challenges.

Source: Philippine Star February 22, 2019 15:56 UTC