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Tony Lu
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Dec 03 2020
New Kid on the Block
My app idea focuses on helping small businesses from around the world. Many small businesses never get to reach their goals simply because they don’t generate the revenue nor the attention they need. The app chooses to help small businesses by having them apply to be listed on the platform. Once they’re listed, users will …
Nov 17 2020
Biotech Humans
It’s no doubt that we are connected to technology that helps add convenience to our lives. The tools in the past of cameras, telephones, sound recorders, music players and more all in one device that fits in the palm of your hand. Theses devices have become engrained within our lives more by the day and …
Nov 17 2020
Why Do I Sneeze When I Drink Alcohol?
It is important to note that a food allergy is the immune system’s response to a food protein that the body perceives as harmful. In contrast, a food intolerance or sensitivity, which is more common, involves the digestive system and typically presents less severe symptoms, such as digestive problems. The sneezing that some people experience …
Nov 10 2020
GoCity – Earn points for exploring your city and the world!
My app concept is called GoCity. It’s essentially a game that rewards you for exploring the outside world. In certain landmarks within your city and around the world, there will be custom-designed QR codes that can be scanned with the app. When they’re scanned, you earn points for discovering that landmark. The landmarks can range …
Nov 04 2020
Recycling Across NYC
This is a map of available recycling bin locations across New York City. Data provided by: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/Public-Recycling-Bins/sxx4-xhzg EDIT: The embed isn’t showing for some reason. So, here’s the direct link to the map. Direct Link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1JxculF7TN6RJW-vGf3G2HuHReIKCDbbc&usp=sharing
Oct 27 2020
Small Interaction with p5.js
Created using p5.js – A Javascript library to help non-coders and beginner coders produce “creative” code. A red cross across the screen follows the cursor. When the mouse is clicked, a simple “Hi” is displayed within a circle.
Oct 20 2020
The Rise of the Internet and Its Potential Downfall
Explaining how the internet works would be a whole topic in itself. As there are multiple layers of how the internet connects devices together and within those layers, there are even more layers in how the transfer of data is processed and so on. That’s why most things are created with a layer of abstraction …
Sep 29 2020
Wireless Technology in Public and Private Spaces
Wireless technology’s development and evolution in the past decade or even the past two decades has been tremendous. If you think back, you might remember having to always be tethered to something in order to communicate with someone or having to lug around a giant machine just to do something simple. Take the mobile telephone …
Sep 22 2020
[Crowdsourcing Dilemma] If you can’t beat them, join them.
The buzz word, crowdsourcing, is a great method of distributing a company’s labor throughout the internet. In a WIRED article by Dustin Haisler, the author explains the concept behind crowdsourcing and the many forms it comes in. Crowdsourcing isn’t just outsourcing company tasks such as formatting some rows and columns in an Excel sheet to …
