Introduction For the course of the semester, I would like to try and develop an app that I designed in the past. This app, suggested to be designed for NASA, is a time-traveling app. For generations people have dreamed of closing their eyes and escaping to a different place in time. Wouldn’t it be wonderful be to have lunch with Cleopatra? Or perhaps, to fly side by side with the Wright Brothers? Whether it’s the wish […]
Do you remember the last time you were in a situation where everyone around you spoke a language you couldn’t understand, and all of a sudden, you felt like a foreigner (even sometimes in your own country)? How vulnerable did it feel not to understand a word being said? For this reason, and many others, Duolingo was created — an app that teaches you a new language in a fun and playful way. The experience […]
The relationship I have with my phone is complicated, but one thing’s for sure — we’re pretty close. From the moment I wake up and over the next 17-18 hours of the day, I’d say we’re pretty inseparable. While many people refer to this device as a phone, but I am under the impression that a title like “phone” is far too simplistic for the many capabilities this super-gadget has. It is my window to […]