The general director of Andaluc\u00eda Emprende, a foundation dependent on the Regional Ministry of University, Research and Innovation, Daniel Escacena, has closed the \u2018NASA International Space Apps Challenge Sevilla\u2019, one of the largest STEAM Hackathon competitions in the world that has been held in cities in 100 countries, simultaneously, over the weekend.<\/p>\n
In his speech, Escacena has advocated \u201cpromoting technological entrepreneurship in strategic sectors, such as aerospace, to strengthen the economy\u201d. In this sense, he considered it \u201ckey\u201d to do so through collaboration between the public and private sectors to \u201coptimize and make profitable\u201d the knowledge, experience and contacts of both spheres, \u201cwhich will allow us to offer those who are interested in starting a business a better and more complete service to support their initiatives so that they come to fruition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
At the Seville competition, held at the headquarters of the Spanish Space Agency, a hundred young students from high school, vocational training and university met to solve, with their ideas, 21 real challenges related to the planet and the universe, which were posed to them by NASA scientists and engineers. To do so, they had the advice and support of five mentors from Andaluc\u00eda Emprende, specialized in launching viable business ideas.<\/p>\n
The winning team was \u2018Los desubicaos\u2019, for the Event Horizon project, consisting of an educational video game developed in Unity that teaches about the detection of exoplanets.<\/p>\n
Its members, mostly university students from various fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics and physiotherapy, plus a vocational training student in web design, have received a cash prize of 1,000 euros.<\/p>\n
In addition, the winners of the Seville competition have become international finalists and will be evaluated between October and December by a committee of experts. This committee will be responsible for choosing the ten best solutions that will be presented to NASA specialists at the Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral, USA).<\/p>\n
The hundred young people who participated in the Seville competition come from this city and from Cadiz, Cordoba and Granada. 39% were women and more than 40% were university students, followed by ESO (24%) and Bachillerato (19%).<\/p>\n
This event, which celebrated its second edition this year, is organized by \u2018SpaceApps Spain\u2019 (NASA\u2019s local partner in Spain) with the support of the Regional Ministry of University, Research and Innovation. This event is added to six others that have taken place in Spain, specifically in the cities of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bBilbao, Le\u00f3n, Madrid, M\u00e1laga and Gij\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
NASA Space Apps Spain is promoted by NASA and supported by nine space agencies around the world, including the European Space Agency, in which Spain participates as a founding member, in addition to having the support of institutions and companies committed to promoting talent and innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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