The Best Science Hack

Supported By: 
Geoscience Australia and CSIRO

Supported by Geoscience Australia and CSIRO

  1. Major prize: Best Science Hack ($4000)

  2. Runner up 1: Best Science Hack ($2000)

  3. Runner up 2: Best Science Hack ($2000)

This category is about science: using awesome government data for great scientific outcomes and helping people engage in, understand and use scientific information in their everyday lives.

Postcode Battle (The Card Game)

Submitted by pserwylo on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 16:16
Team Name: 
Level 6.3

Now you can fight your suburb against that of your friends!

Using our database built from state and national data, we select all the attributes in which your suburb is more awesome than that of your mates. We present them in a easily understandable way. Now you have real data to prove that your suburb is absolutely the most awesomest! Get battling!!

 

Postcode Battle (Liveability Index)

Submitted by pserwylo on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 16:13
LEVEL 6.3
Team Name: 
Level 6.3

We see open government data as a chance for the government to inform its citizens, and for the citizens to inform the government; as a chance to foster communication and cooperation. In our project, we ask: where is infrastructure sufficient, and where are services lacking? If I want to move to a different suburb, where are my needs and interests best catered for?

 

Synergising Synergies for Sitizens

Submitted by acardenosa on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 14:06
Dashboard Analysis
Team Name: 
Sitizens Synergising Synergies

 

Our idea was to answer a simple question for Synergy, how can we work out which suburbs are best-placed for rooftop solar investment? Or, looked at another way, which suburbs will generate enough solar to power themselves and generate a net positive for the grid?

We can answer this question by looking at two aspects:

  • Total Suburb Generation Potential

minus

  • Total suburb consumption

This will give us our Total Suburb Contribution.

 

To work out our Total Suburb generation potential, we had to work out:

AusQuakes

Submitted by andrewharvey on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 13:37
AusQuakes
Team Name: 
AusQuakes

AusQuakes is an earthquake visualisation tool.

It helps the public and organisations easily see where past quakes have occurred and their magnitude, allowing better planning of potential future events.

The C word

Submitted by thomas.mitchell on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 13:23
Team Name: 
The Four Musketeers

 http://thomas-mitchell.net/govhack/

 

Flux Capacity

Submitted by FluxCapacity on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 13:18
Team Name: 
Flux Residue

Project: visualisation of traffic movement, using SCATS data via Landgate SLIP, to improve traffic flow through the city.

An innovative and interactive web based heat map and flashing lights hardware solution. Our motto is "Strive for a Mostly Benevolent Society!"

Gender Equality

Submitted by tomgasson on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 13:03
Screenshot of Gender Eqaulity
Team Name: 
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It is incredibly important to expose equality data.

I've build a data visualisation of gender equality data from the  Workplace Gender Equality Act dataset.

Forage

Submitted by mesquka on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 13:02
Team Name: 
Index ALL The Things!

SA Treasure Hunter

Submitted by lunchboffin on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 12:49
Team Name: 
QuackerJacks

 

What do four programmers, a digital artist, and a GIS specialist have in common?

They love sunken treasure!

Join us on a journey into hist-yarrrrr-y and find all of the sunken wrecks around South Australia's coasts and rivers.

Fun for all ages.

 

 

(Working Title: SA Treasure Hunter 2015 v1.0 PRE-RELEASE ALPHA EARLY ACCESS EXCLUSIVE DLC SEASON PASS)

seEnergy

Submitted by snarang on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 12:34
Team Name: 
CMU Tartans

We have created an application that helps users view their electricity, water and gas consumption in a single platform. They can view their consumption on a daily, weekly, monthly or a quarterly basis. Our application will also notify the user of the early bird discount options on their phones and make the necessary payments securely.

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