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Inspiration

We were inspired by wearables like whoop and garmin to implement something that could facilitate exercise for astronauts as much as possible.

What it does

An arduino equipped with an accelerometer and gyroscope can count reps under the micro-gravity of the ISS and relay this information via a Wi-Fi signal to a central server. This server then passes this information to a website via websockets, where those reps are converted into points where you can compete with fellow astronauts and those on earth. This is all gamified where these points propel a spaceship between different checkpoints dependant on what goals you have in terms of repetitions for a given exercise.

How we built it

Arduino, React with a MONGOdb and express authentication, Node.js server backend

Challenges we ran into

Relaying the information across so many components took a while to understand. A technical issue occurred with one of the hardware components where the arduino has now ceased working.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Prior to this hardware failure we had a device which could accurately count reps and relay this information via Wi-Fi to a server.

What we learned

Teamwork, hackathon strategy, sending information with Wi-Fi and websockets.

What's next for SpaceRace

Fixing the hardware component

Built With

• arduino
• node.js
• react-with-a-mongodb-and-express-authentication