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SquachWatch

SquachWatch is an open-source (GPL-3.0) firmware for the ESP32 "Cheap Yellow Display" board that passively scans WiFi and Bluetooth for signatures of surveillance devices such as Flock ALPR cameras.

2026

CME Tracker

CME Tracker is a free, information-dense web app that pulls from NASA, NOAA and ESA spacecraft to display coronal mass ejections live as they cross the solar system, with arrival forecasts, storm replays back to 1859, and free Earth-directed-CME alerts.

2026

Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA)

ISPRA monitora l'andamento degli impatti.

Rome

MS Buddy

Track symptoms, spot patterns, and share clear reports with your neurologist — built by and for people living with MS.

NASA Space Apps Challenge

NASA is launching the Space Apps Challenge. A hackathon to encourage to encourage anyone with an interest in space and science to address real-world challenges.

2026

PicTrée

PicTree ("Boku to Watashi no Denchū Kassen") is a Japanese mobile game where players photograph utility poles and power infrastructure while out walking, crowdsourcing inspection data for the electricity grid and earning rewards.

3D Cultural Heritage Sharing Site

3D Cultural Property Sharing Site is an independent project that takes Tokyo's open cultural-heritage data, generates 3D models of listed cultural properties from video using AI, and lets people browse them on a map.

Nerima City, Tokyo, Japan
https://openstreetmap.jpActiveOpen-source

OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan (OSMFJ)

Japanese OpenStreetMap community and supporting nonprofit OSMFJ for citizen-edited mapping

Japan

Code for Fukuoka

Code for Fukuoka is a local civic-tech community group in Fukuoka, Japan, that runs workshops and open-data events on how apps and data can tackle local problems.

Fukuoka City, Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵