El Umceli mngeni woYilo lwe-ISS Ukhuphiswano lwamazwe aphesheya olonyuselwa yinkampani iMouser Electronics apho kufunwa ukuba nabani na onombono olungileyo athathe inxaxheba kuyo, ngale ndlela, iinjineli, abafundi nkqu 'abenzi'banokuthi thaca iiprojekthi zabo kwaye bakhuphisane ngokulinganayo.
Ngeli thuba ukhuphiswano lufuna ukuba abathathi-nxaxheba baphuhlise uhlobo oluthile lwesixhobo okanye isixhobo esinokuba luncedo ekusetyenzisweni ngoosomajukujuku kwaye, emva koko, sinokubakho yenziwa ngokushicilelwa kwe-3D ngokuthe ngqo kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe.
Iprojekthi yokwenza i-mini-satellites emajukujukwini yeyokuphumelela i-ISS Design Challenge.
Ngale nto engqondweni, UAndrew Filo, linoxanduva lwenyathelo lokuphumelela, lenze iprojekthi apho kufunwa khona ukuba zinokwenziwa minisatellites Ishicilelwe kwi-3D eyona njongo yayo iphambili kukudala inkqubo ye-intanethi yendawo, into efana ne-intanethi yezinto zoMhlaba kodwa eziza kusetyenziswa esithubeni ngoosomajukujuku.
Iprojekthi ichaza indlela eziya kuba ngayo ezi minisatellites, ngokusisiseko sithetha ngayo Isakhelo esimilise okwicube ekwimilimitha ezingama-30 ububanzi nobude, iimilimitha ezine ukutyeba kunye nobunzima bokugqibela obuziigram ezisixhenxe kuphela. Esi sakhelo sinokuxhotyiswa ngezinto ezifanayo kakhulu nezo zisetyenziselwa ukwenza izinto ze-elektroniki ezikhoyo kwiifowuni eziphathwayo ukuze sikwazi ukufumana izixhobo ezininzi, imicroprocessor kunye nerediyo.
Omnye wemisebenzi ephambili yale nethiwekhi ikhethekileyo yesathelayithi ekwaziyo ukutshintshiselana ngolwazi phakathi kwabo, iya kubonelela ngesixhobo esiluncedo kakhulu iliso ulwazi kwimozulu yasemajukujukwini, imisebenzi yelanga, indawo emajukujukwini asemajukujukwini okanye imitha yelanga kwizazinzulu noosomajukujuku Njengeenkcukacha zokugqibela, xelela ukuba le projekthi iza kuvavanywa kunyaka olandelayo kwiZiko lamaZiko laMazwe ngaMazwe apho oosomajukujuku besele beneprinta yabo ye-3D.