This course will become read-only in the near future. Tell us at community.p2pu.org if that is a problem.
This online 12-week curriculum can be completed by team of 4-5 middle or high school girls (guided by a mentor or teacher) to develop mobile phone applications, “apps”. Teams everywhere in the world submit their app, video pitch, and business plan to an online panel for judging by April 13, 2013. Regional winners travel to the San Francisco Bay Area and compete at the Technovation World Pitch event ~May 1st for US $10,000 to develop their app for the mobile market.
technovationchallenge.org, @_technovation_
Innovation is all about taking existing ideas and building upon them to create something unique and valuable.
Use this "inspiration gallery" to post app ideas you see on the market that capture your interest, have good user-centered design, or solve a problem in a unique way. Post a screenshot of the app, a link, and include a short description of what the app does and why you like it.
Feel free to comment on the apps posted here, and share about what you would do to improve them. We hope this space will spark conversation and help you generate innovative ideas as you think about what makes a good app.
We look forward to seeing what inspires you!
Check out this innovative "invisible bicycle helmet" invented by two female students in Sweden!
It acts like an airbag, sitting invisibly in your collar until you have an accident, and then it activates and protects you on impact, just like a normal helmet. How neat is that?
Want to learn more about coding? This spreadsheet has all kinds of resources and organizations that will help you! Check it out:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0ArtCiuh2ZmMidHRQSXl1Y3F5M09ZNnAyNWJTNVgxNmc&gid=0
-Jenna
Check out the Scanadu Scout app! It is a futuristic palm-sized device that can monitor five different vital signs, including temperature, heart rate and blood oxygenation level, by just holding it to your temple for 10 seconds. It then transmits the results wirelessly to your smartphone so you can track your health information over time, seeing, for instance, if a certain medication makes your heart rate climb, or what’s going on inside your body on those nights when you can’t fall asleep.
Read more about the app in this article!
Check Out: Sound Uncovered: An Interactive Book for the iPad
Explore the surprising side of sound with Sound Uncovered, an interactive collection from the Exploratorium featuring auditory illusions, acoustic phenomena, and other things that go bump, beep, boom, and vroom.
It's FREE!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/apps/sound-uncovered
We will be featuring Dorothy Finnigan of Slow Life games, one of the creators of this new "Ivory Tower Defenders" app game in our Technovation Tumblr blog. Check out her app on Google Play.
We interviewed an engineer who is using computer science to create smarter buildings which respond to user needs and save energy, check it out:
Also check out this cool app that allows you to control the temperature in your house:
Check out the Tech Awards Laureates! So many cool ideas for projects that are changing the world:
Check out this Math Apps Challenge! You could submit your Technovation app in this contest:
Submit a new or existing gap app that helps fill the gap in middle school students' skills, interests and motivation. Apps can address the gap by improving middle school math outcomes or by enhancing educator collaboration, classroom communication and management, or engagement.
Has anyone checked out our App Quilt? This space on our website showcases apps that Technovation Alumni have created over the years!
http://iridescentlearning.org/programs/technovation-challenge/app-quilt/
Look how this organization has created mobile apps to help new mothers:
Check out this cool app to help users identify plants native to SIlicon Valley:
