A new NASA contest is encouraging freelance app designers to design the interface for a new smartwatch app which will be used by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Advertised on the Freelancer website, the competition will run for about a month and will require applicants to design their app for use on the Samsung Gear 2, with a $1,500 prize in the offing.
Applicants are not expected to produce a functioning app, but rather a design for the interface -- in the form of PNG or JPEG wireframes that draw attention to the layout, look and feel of the design.
This NASA contest is a great example of the world's premier space agency using the brains and bright minds of the general population to improve conditions for astronauts.
Astronaut App Competition
This NASA Contest Challenges You to Make a Smartwatch App for Astronauts
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