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Space Apps 2018: Record Numbers Participate in Naples

A game using images from the Hubble Space Telescope as integral components.  A sensor to be used by humans on Mars.  Or an app that helps informs people about upcoming rocket launches and space flights. These are some examples of Space Apps Naples’s 2018 results.  The two-day hackathon produced 28 amazing projects, realized over a ... Read More»

By | 20 October, 2018 | Topics: Consul General, Consulate General Naples | Tags: ,

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NASA Space Apps Challenge in Vicenza

The first edition of Space Apps in northern Italy, in Vicenza, was a smashing success, with 164 participants and 18 teams. Participants included students from local high school, including a group of students from the American high school hosted at the U.S. Army base at Caserma Ederle, who worked with their Italian colleagues to tackle ... Read More»

By | 29 April, 2017 | Topics: Consulate General Milan, U.S. & Italy | Tags: , ,

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Space Apps in Naples: Apple Academy’s Team ‘Pizza Flyers’ on the highest step of the podium

This year’s edition in Naples was a huge success: 155 participants, 16 teams, many interesting ideas and projects developed in the new Federico II University facilities, which also hosted the opening event of the third Naples edition of Space Apps. “Southern Italy has a solid reputation for science, with high quality university programs in engineering, ... Read More»

By | 29 April, 2017 | Topics: Consulate General Naples, U.S. & Italy | Tags: ,

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NASA Space Apps Vicenza Kick-Off

Local and regional media attended the event and generated positive coverage of the initiative, brought to Vicenza for the first time ever and organized by the U.S. Consulate General Milan with a pool of local sponsors: the City of Vicenza, the local SMEs association Confartigianato Vicenza, and the University of Vicenza. The event was also ... Read More»

By | 27 April, 2017 | Topics: Consulate General Milan, U.S. & Italy | Tags: , ,

Ambassador Phillips at the Opening of NASA Space Apps Challenge

Remarks by Ambassador John Phillips at the opening of NASA Space Apps Challenge 2016

[...] Collaboration is definitely the key word for this event that brings together people and ideas in Rome, Naples and in more than 170 other cities around the world. Ever since NASA launched this challenge in 2012, the emphasis has been on teamwork and sharing knowledge, valuable lessons we hope participants will gain from this ... Read More»

By | 22 April, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches | Tags: , , ,

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