Space Tigers| Can You Hear Me Now?
Can You Hear Me Now?
Can you hear me now?
Summary
We explore the possibility of augmented Li-Fi technology, explaining how it would work with the story of Mia, an astronaut in the year 2150, as we follow her through her Deep Space voyage we explain the milestones humanity had to overcome, and how new technology is the result of everything people in the past had to do.The explanations are given between each important point, to explain what these new technologies are, and more importantly, how do they behave not only between Mia and Mars, but with the Earth, too.Our project seeks to explain how we had to wait minutes to get a message between 2 people in Earth, and how new technologies give problems similar to the past ones.
How We Addressed This Challenge
Our project uses a playful approach to the issue: the team designed a game that explores a highly probable future in which communication between Mars and our home planet has been enabled with ease (although not without any issues). We hope to raise awareness so that future scientists, engineers and software developers tackle the issue. This project is not only relevant because of its implications regarding the colonization of Mars (or any other planet that could sustain life): any project that aims to develop new technology will benefit humanity. It is a simple game, albeit it comes with an entertaining story!
How We Developed This Project
We are physics and computer science students, so we naturally wanted to broaden our understanding of the technology that is being used to send messages in an interplanetary level. We used Java to program our game and we did most of the gaming art using PS and Piskel (an online tool). One of our main achievements was to learn how to create a game from scratch!
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
The data that was provided by NASA was very helpful because it gave us some insight as to what projects are currently being developed. They painted a general scene of the state of the art.
Project Demo
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nuoy4UUzKGP0yjRIKZl8tSb7uKSPvRk8/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CdCOB3vYPVRhmce_6h3hCkUo6HkQ7xng?usp=sharing
Data & Resources
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/dsoc/index.html
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/overview/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/services/networks/deep_space_network/about