Nohelia Merino is a 22-year-old Peruvian student at the Universidad de Ingeniería who developed a project called Drone Cansat. Drone Cansat is a low-cost satellite that has a propeller allowing it to fly and record programmed data. This innovation added to a conventional Cansat satellite allows it to monitor air pollution, design 3D ecosystem maps, and take panoramic photographs when previously Cansats could only be used to obtain information while falling from an aircraft. Nohelia belongs to the HackSpace community and was recognized by Cienciactiva de Concytec for her innovative work.
Nohelia Merino is a 22-year-old Peruvian student at the Universidad de Ingeniería who developed a project called Drone Cansat. Drone Cansat is a low-cost satellite that has a propeller allowing it to fly and record programmed data. This innovation added to a conventional Cansat satellite allows it to monitor air pollution, design 3D ecosystem maps, and take panoramic photographs when previously Cansats could only be used to obtain information while falling from an aircraft. Nohelia belongs to the HackSpace community and was recognized by Cienciactiva de Concytec for her innovative work.
Nohelia Merino is a 22-year-old Peruvian student at the Universidad de Ingeniería who developed a project called Drone Cansat. Drone Cansat is a low-cost satellite that has a propeller allowing it to fly and record programmed data. This innovation added to a conventional Cansat satellite allows it to monitor air pollution, design 3D ecosystem maps, and take panoramic photographs when previously Cansats could only be used to obtain information while falling from an aircraft. Nohelia belongs to the HackSpace community and was recognized by Cienciactiva de Concytec for her innovative work.
BIOGRAFIA Una estudiante de la Universidad de Ingeniería (UNI); perteneció a la comunidad HackSpace. Es una de las jóvenes innovadoras reconocidas por Cienciactiva de Concytec y ganó una beca del Concytec para entrenarse en la Singularity University del Centro de Investigación de la NASA, una entidad que identifica a jóvenes líderes de diversos países para atender problemas sociales que aquejan al mundo. ¿QUÉ HIZO?
Desarrolló el proyecto Drone Cansat, un satélite de bajo costo que
tiene incorporado una hélice que le permite volar y registrar los datos que le programen. Gracias a esa innovación que añadió a un satélite convencional como Cansat (satélite que tiene el tamaño de una lata), y que usado en la tierra sólo podría usarse para obtener información mientras cae de un avión o helicóptero, ha logrado que se convierta en un Drone que monitoree la contaminación del aire, diseñe mapas de ecosistemas en 3D y tome fotografías panorámicas.