Posts Tagged ‘Waterhackathon’

Waterhackathon

September 28, 2011 | Note: We wanted to highlight another great project that NASA is supporting under the leadership of the World Bank. You see, the issues involved in insuring a clean water supply in less-developed countries aren’t so different from the issues we face insuring a clean water supply on the Space Station or on other planets. Interested [...]

Making a difference in the water sector

September 6, 2011 | Our scientists are innovating all the time on the problems and risks that face human spaceflight. Recently, the Water and Food Analytical laboratory used “teamwork, innovative thought, and old-fashioned scientific detective work” to solve the issue of an increase in total organic carbon (TOC) in the water screened on-orbit. We understand about using new methods [...]

10 Reasons Why Government Should Embrace Hackathons

July 28, 2011 | Recently NYC’s Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne wrote an article about why cities (but really any level of government) should embrace the code-a-thon. We couldn’t agree more, so we wanted to post her list (slightly modified to include all government, not just NYC) on open.NASA and take this opportunity to encourage you to let you [...]