Papua New Guinea University of Technology OH7 team who represented the university and the nation in this year’s 48-hour Ocean hackathon prototype development competition in Noumea, New Caledonia, bagged the regional title.
For this 7th edition of Ocean Hackathon, 85 challenges were selected with the objectives of better understanding the ocean and contribute to its sustainable development; and to rethink the use of marine data.
Unitech OH7 competed under the theme “Ocean Hackathon – The actors of the sea, digital and innovation”.
In their event category, the team developed a prototype for their challenge title within 48 hours before given 3 minute to pitch to a jury.
Based on the successful development of the prototype, the data used, the tools and methods used, the innovation solutions created and business model formulated, they were awarded the regional title.
The UNITECH OH7 team developed a system as an online platform base to process satellite imagery with real time temperature data to detect, monitor and track coral bleaching.
The prototype was assessed by jury during the event to be effective and can be fully developed and operated in the long run to solve climate change issues relating to temperature rise and coral bleaching and can also be incorporated into a business model for full implementation.
Currently the UNITECH OH7 team is preparing to fully develop the system and aiming to partner with CCDA, CEPA and GGGI for full business model implementation.
This is where the idea developed and tested will be fully implemented.
Source: Papua New Guinea University of Technology