A deployable and autonomous ocean waste collection system utilizing space data to locate nearby garbage patches and an automated information portal which correlates dengue cases with real-time data from satellite, climate, and search engines have won the local version of NASA's International Space Apps Challenge last October 18 to 20.
Cities have faced challenges like congestion, pollution, and safety for decades, and most have a plan to combat them. While they continue to face these traditional issues, new threats such as cyberattacks, climate change, and other emerging problems are mounting.
