Data Anywhere! Students Test Out App Inventor's Mobile Data Science Toolkit
May 6, 2025 robert's Blog
Over the last year, students have been telling unique data science stories with apps that go anywhere — the garden, ocean, water fountain, and even refrigerator. It's all part of the award-winning Mobile Data Science Toolkit in App Inventor.
Boston Public School Students Consider AI and Data Science
Mar 6, 2024 robert's Blog
Working on thorny, real-world problems such as climate change requires data to better understand them. High schoolers from Boston Public Schools explored climate data using AI and data science during a three-day workshop at MIT’s Stata Center.
2022 Appathon for Good Inspires New Technologies
Oct 11, 2022 robert's Blog
Appathon 2022 winner Cindy Xiao and other winners submitted apps that varied widely in the ingenious ways they solved real-world problems — from accessing public databases in real time to using artificial intelligence to count items captured by a camera phone.
Appathon 2021 Winners Take Aim at Mental Health, Traffic, Zombies, and More
Aug 29, 2021 robert's Blog
Over a thousand coders built phone and tablet apps to fix problems in their lives and communities. Submissions reflected all the problems and anxieties of 2021, and a few are ready to be adopted right away to address these problems.