L in the case mostly stands for learned but also lose. The pitch was on Caution Clip, an AI powered wearable that detects hazards in realtime and assists with tasks in the industrial workplace. For preparation, we consolidated our efforts on product, ensuring our product met a need for the…

What I learned and how I became a Software Engineer at 19 Quality over quantity Brute forcing only goes so far, and even if you do execute consistent output, you likely will have too much to talk about. It’s a great problem to have, but you only have so much to talk about in an interview or a networking event. Feedback is everything, everything is an experiment Learning from others and yourself…

Written By Andreas Ink How To Get Started (on macOS) Type this in a terminal… npx create-react-app my-app cd my-app npm start If this returns an error do this in a terminal… brew install node npm i -g npx (may need to add sudo in front of these) Next select…

The pandemic has taken many lives including my Aunt’s. Immediate family members of my Aunt displayed symptoms first, assuming it was a simple cold. If they were tools in place to detect infection prior to symptom onset maybe she would still be here today. Why Vito? Data is a powerful tool to make more informed decisions, with new applications each day. One new application to physiological data (such as heart rate, respiration rate, and blood O2) is the ability to detect infectious disease prior to symptom onset. This may appear difficult, however, studies have…

Andreas Ink Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an awful disease that causes tremors, gait disturbances, and cognitive decline. My Dad has PD. However, we are fighting it with data and teamwork. I developed an app and my friend developed a smartwatch that measures tremors using motion data from one’s phone, an…

Risk does not always equal reward. Going into this year, I wanted to try something new and make my own decision so I decided to stay on campus with people I’ve never spoken to. The bottom line there was a lot of risks and not a lot of reward in making this risky decision. Great minds think alike If you’ve…

iRetro Max (nabokowm on Twitter) and I built a music app called iRetro that resembles the iPod Classic and won a hackathon with the app! It’s a fully functional music player, including podcasts and audiobooks. An Amazing Teammate A great hackathon starts with a great team, and Max was a great teammate. I learned…

Too Many Ideas Going into the hackathon, I had an idea and had a very specific plan to create the idea. However, I thought of several other ideas and became too focused on other ideas. The lesson I learned was to stick with the original plan and idea. Awful Coordination With this hackathon I took…

Push yourself to your actual limits Throughout high school, I always strived to conserve my energy, while conserving energy has led to success in many ways, I’ve found that I could have done so much more and I had more success if I simply pushed myself more. A’s aren’t everything especially if course rigor isn’t there Despite receiving all A’s as of now in my…