IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS for NASA Space Apps Challenge 2021 - Ghazipur, UP, India

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS

• Connect with your Local Lead: Each location Event Info page contains contact information for the “Local Leads” -- the Space Apps volunteers from your location who will be organizing virtual gatherings for your location and providing support to participants both prior to and during the hackathon. (The Universal Event also has a Local Lead.) Please feel free to contact Chapter Lead - Anwar Jamal at Toughjamy@yahoo.com

• Our Facebook Community: Follow Space Apps on https://www.facebook.com/spaceappsghazipur/

• You can also follow the blog World Wide Web Learner's Consortium for more details about NASA Space Apps Challenge, ideas and more hackathon helpful APIs and Data.

• Pick a Challenge: The challenges are now available! Browse the options and decide which one you want to solve! Recommended data for each challenge can be found by clicking the "Resources" tab. We encourage you to invite your friends along! Typical Space Apps teams have 2-6 participants (the limit is 6 members per team). Space Apps is all about collaboration and the most successful teams are often ones with a diverse set of skills and expertise -- coding, storytelling, creativity, data, science, engineering, technology, and more.

• Judging and Awards: Space Apps is all about collaboration and problem solving. However, we do offer awards to the most promising projects. More information about Judging and awards can be found in the Space Apps 2020 Judging and Awards Guide. For Ghazipur Space Apps Challenge the judges will include primarily but not limited to Mohd Anwar Jamal Faiz, Industry professionals, IEEE Members, OWASP Leaders, faculty from AMU Aligarh, PhDs and practitioners of STEM in India.

Learn more! Do you want to know more about the challenges, chat rooms, project submission, and awards and other important information? Please consult the Participant FAQ and other guides on the Space Apps resources page and on your user dashboard.

Thank you! We’re looking forward to a fun-filled Space Apps weekend!

Registration, Sponsorships and Judging

Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh is inviting teams to register for the contest.

We also welcome sponsorships to join in the event!

Local prize winners shall be judged on the basis of idea, completeness, novelty, presentation and use of NASA available APIs and resources.

For any issues, please contact NASA Space Apps Lead - Mohd Anwar Jamal Faiz (+91-8888327658) Toughjamy@yahoo.com

SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES ASIA/KOLKATA)

Sunday, September 26th

1. 7:00 pm

   Introduction to Space Apps Challenge 2021

How can I open a cmd window in a specific location on Windows

Hi,

This hack will help you in many ways. And, shall help you many ways too!
This is a part of my initiative to post simple tricks aimed to Help/ease a QA Day to day life. These Tech Hacks are very handy but increase your efficiency much.

So, for our case today - How can I open a cmd window in a specific location on Windows; I provide two methods:

Trick 1:

If the folder is opened.
Click on address bar, alternatively press Alt+D
Now when address bar is highlighted, type cmd in the bar.
Press Enter key
You will notice that command prompt from that folder



Trick 2:

In the folder. Press Shift and then Right Click

A option appears -> Open Command Window here.

Press that. It will open a command window with present working directory as the selected hotel

Computer and Information Technology Applications

I have prepared a PPT that has the topic

Overview of Computer and INFORMATION technology as a Product

It deals with :

Introduction of Computer and Information Technology, its application, future innovations and the effect on Economy.

All are free to download and use the ppt and contents. A proper place in bibliography or reference is what best I can dream of, as of now.

Advantage of computer animation and 3d in school education and children in particular

This is a great article from Bangkokpost.com. To read in Full Click Animation Advantage Article


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When we see children using computers, we tend to assume they are gaming addicts. But think again.


Students at Chulalongkorn University's Demonstration Elementary School, or Satit Chula, are ready to prove that computers can provide a platform where imagination and joy come together in creative ways.

The school is the country's first institution where primary students can display their talents and inventiveness via computer 3D animation.

The school recently held the CUD Character Design Contest, titled ''My School Bus.'' Eighty-six students submitted their inventions and seven of them were chosen for the final round.

People usually think that animation is about the matter of technique, but in fact it is art, the computer is just a tool to help students to deal with it more easily.


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Free National Aptitude Test Talenthunt 2011

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the site. Please be advised that I have no relation with the aforementioned organization and have not tested any credibilty or quality of test.
Just wanted to pass the info.

Mohd Anwar Jamal Faiz meets Ankit Fadia at Adobe QE Summit 2010

Many have asked me (rather requested) to share some hacking tips. For that matter, one thing is to always keep in mind that nothing is not-hackable and no trick is always a sure-hack. The tricks are merely a tweak until user/administrator or the product supplier do not correct them. And when they correct them, there is yet another trick germinating in some mind at some corner of planet. So this is an endless Cycle. This idea of mine which germinated years back got more nourishment on 16th July 2010 at Adobe QE Summit 2010.

I happened to meet Ankit Fadia.

The guy is just genious, no doubt. And his introductory speech that talked about how much prone we are to the hacking and stuff was so very humorous and informative. His sarcasm and his knowledge in his domain is excellent. I could not resist and had a autograph from him on which he inscribe “Happy Hacking Anwar”. It was a memorable experience actually more of becoz you are meeting with a guy who is as young as you and who has a long list of achievements enuff to surpass even a simple NASA chief ( Yes I would call him ‘a simple’)
You can know more about him at Ankit Fadia Official Website or can surely dig him at the Wikipedia

Many, I don’t know why, have started saying that I am inspired by him. I should not say, but I must say, that I do not say what I want to say. And what I want to say is that truly, I wanted to become one like him. But who cares! There are many more paths left where u can manifest your path-breaking stunts.
I attended two of his lectures one on basic computer security and other in detail on tools and analysis of network security. It was nice experience, though many of tricks and tools he talked about was known to me. In particular when you are working as an API and Security Tester in the WhiteBox Team of a Product Company as big as Adobe itself, the you yourself are into the same boots of hacker. Because ethical hacking (incidentally again the term coined by Ankit Fadia) becomes your bread and butter.

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On Someone's something, someone said something to someone, somewhere at some time. Why am I to be blamed?

Python string encryption and decryption is so easy.

Just try the following piece of code-->
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import os
a='726f745f3133'
b="Ba Fbzrbar'f fbzrguvat, fbzrbar fnvq fbzrguvat gb fbzrbar, fbzrjurer ng fbzr gvzr. Jul nz V gb or oynzrq?"
print b.decode(a.decode('hex_codec'))
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Can u guess the output??

;) Keep updated. Stay tuned @Discussioons for IT People

Ideone.com | Online IDE & Debugging Tool

I came across Ideone. I stopeed there. And I used it. Now I give stars to the IDEone Teams accompalishments. IDEOne is an online IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and debugging tool which enables users to share and run code online. The website describes that It is like a pastebin designed specifically for programmers and developers. All the code snippets run on Ideone and can be accessed conveniently via hash links. The easy to use UI is so easy and you dont have to write extra configuration lines of codes. It is as simple as writing code in and IDE on your device itself. And most importantly, since this runs on server you can run codes even on mobile phones. This is just great.


I created this snippet to test a simple code on IDEOne in C++. And it worked properly!!





IDEOne gives you option to write you code online. It is really useful for beginners and evangelists. The best part is that you can write in 40+ languages. It provides you with details about code and its execution including the memory usage, execution time, compiler version, output generated by program and error messages. This service would be of great use when you have to quickly execute code and don’t have a desktop IDE installed.

You can check this out at Ideone Home page





You can optionally turn on syntax highlighting for your code. Much more to see itself than description. But would be a nice online landup where you can learn and test some rare languages too.

You can also check out the public code snippets executed by other users. Ideone is free to use, does not require installation of any extra software or plug-ins, and can be used as a replacement for your existing desktop IDE.

I even tried with simple Python Code:





I was inquisitive to know on what machine is the code and this IDE really executing. I found out that using above code. Result came out to be ‘posix’.

Veracode as new WhiteBox Testing Tool

Veracode has launched a Software Security Ratings Service, introducing its new system for use in testing the security of applications. Veracode claims to have unveiled the world's first standards-based system for rating the overall security of software programs before they are put into production mode. Again, from usability point of view, Learnin to use VeraCode needs a little more effort than writing 20 lines on Cow!

Veracode SecurityReview delivers benefits to every enterprise:

Exceptional accuracy—The SecurityReview subscription service is supported by a team of world-class experts who constantly review and refine testing methods to deliver the industry's most accurate software security review.
Faster production—SecurityReview accelerates secure application development by providing an application security review that can fit into any development cycle. Because Veracode's solution can handle large volumes of code and return actionable results within 24 to 72 hours, development teams can more easily manage schedules and meet deadlines while ensuring higher security for the enterprise.
Reduced expense—With secure software testing available on an as-needed basis, companies pay only for the services they require.
Complete review—Veracode testing includes tests for malicious code as well as lack of security functionality. It can test both internally and externally developed applications, and can perform dynamic as well as static application security testing. It is simply the most comprehensive software review available.

While many software product have begun using source code analysis tools to look for potential vulnerabilities in their applications, Veracode aims to take the process one step further by offering businesses and ISVs the ability to scan binary code of their programs for problems.

Undoubtedly, there are some constraints on type of build you post to VeraCode for scanning and analysis. There are 5-6 checks as told by VeraCode guideline document. But the, the pre-Scan of VeraCode also helps you a lot if in case you missout something, or forget some symbol files (.pdb files)

Testing binary code allows developers to scan an entire application before it is taken into production, thus increasing their likelihood of finding errors they might have missed along the way, and eliminating the need to pursue code that ends up getting cut from a program before it approaches its final state, Veracode officials said.

The approach also benefits efforts to develop software using the increasingly popular SOA approach by allowing workers to test code being drawn from multiple programs in their final, integrated state, the company maintains. With its great UI, using VeraCode is easy and so helpful!