Building this punching power tracker was one of my first projects that combined programming with something physical. I wanted to see if I could use a sensor attached to a punching bag to detect hits and turn those hits into numbers such as acceleration, velocity, force, kinetic energy, and power. Before this project, most of…
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Building Paw Patrol NYC at My First Hackathon
Participating in my first hackathon was exciting, but it was also much more challenging than I expected. The goal of the NYPL Built for NYC AI Hackathon was to create something that solved a real problem in New York City, which meant I had to come up with an idea, build it, debug it, and…
Twice the Price, 7x the Power, 5 years later. Same iPad
Here’s a riddle for you: What costs twice as much, has 7x more compute power and took 5 years to come out but is exactly the same as the other one? Answer: an iPad! I cannot convey how frustrating this is for someone like me who has compromised so much in terms of productivity just…
