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The ShowMeBox is a proposal for a computer with a purpose in connection with DebConf 2016 in Cape Town.
Idea
The idea with the ShowMeBox project is to make it possible for us to have a competition like the following in the months up to DebConf 2016:
- Challenge to high school students!
Get a ShowMeBox and use the included open source data analysis software to make a visualization that shows an interesting aspect of some publicly available data in your region.
The competition is imagined to have the following specifics:
There will be one or more prizes, with the main one being travel and participation in DebConf to present the results.
For Cape Town the competition is based on the local open data initiative; other regions may have similar projects but we do not know if we can support non-English speaking participants.
- The competition otherwise mimics a similar "data hackathon" competition held in New York city by Two Sigma (details pending).
Finally, the project is of course strictly limited to DFSG-free software and data sources, and does not include any means of advertising services or proprietary software or data feeds: it is all about promoting Debian and the art of open data analytics. (This does not limit quoting sponsors and other kinds of contributors with their logo, etc., of course, as we see fit.)
Hardware
ShowMeBox has these technical characteristics:
- Self-contained computing device that can be powered from mains or battery.
Internet connectivity through multiple wireless interfaces (wifi and 3/4G).
- LAN connectivity through local wireless and wired network.
"Small server" footprint, i.e., a few cores and a few GB of RAM and SDCARD.
We are collecting more details in git.
Here are some sample boards to evaluate:
4GB memory:
CuBox i4x4 (pricetag above $100).
2GB memory:
CubieTruck (pricetag above $100).
ODroid-XU4 (has fan so less ideal in heat and dust).
Wandboard QUAD (pricetag above $100).
Banana Pi M3 (seems to be vaporware - and even if not likely unsupported by Debian kernel)
CuBoxTV 2GB (pricetag above $100).
1GB memory:
See also Freedombox and WikiPedia board comparisons.
Software
ShowMeBox will come loaded with the following software:
- Standard Debian GNU/Linux system.
- Web server.
Web application for data analysis (such as Beaker, described below).
Links
http://beakernotebook.com - the Beaker notebook tool, open source but not yet packaged for Debian; here is a Presentation on Beaker.
https://jupyter.org/ - Jupyter is another open source notebook tool.
Ben Wellington's TEDx talk - interesting talk on what can be done with data analysis, using New York as an example and his work on I Quant NY blog.
Story Telling With Data Visualization Challenge is another example of a competition like what we are proposing.
People
?BernelleVerster (Cape Town Organization)
?GrahamInggs (Cape Town Organizaton)
JonasSmedegaard (Hardware and Debian base install)
KristofferRose (Data Analysis Software)
?SiriReiter (Visual Communication)
Development is done at Alioth, coordinated by mail with code tracked in git.