Computer Science is taught by Mrs. Taricco. In this course, we
closely follow the AP computer science A curriculum where we learn
the fundamentals of Java. However, alongside Java we also get to
compete in computer science competitions such as the American
Computer Science League (ACSL). After completing a major part of the
CS curriculum, we start a Apps for Good project where the aim is to
design and code an assistive technology app.
Apps for Good is a major project at the end of the year, where we design, code, and develop mobile
applications which help solve a common problem in the community. I worked with Shreya Venkayala and Nicole Plotnik to develop an app called SNAP (Smart Novel Automated Pillbox). This app schedules and tracks a
user's medications and alerts them which medications to take and when. Additionally, this mobile is
connected to a custom designed pillbox which helps keep track whether a user actually took the specified
medication.
Many people who are prescribed a medication plan
often have trouble adhering to the strict time schedule of the plan and therefore don’t end up
taking their medication. The most common reasons for this are either forgetting to take the
medication at a specified time or getting confused on which pill to take when the number of pill
bottles accumulate.
Implement a medication scheduling and tracking app
that ensures pills are being taken at the right day and time that sends text-message alerts to
the user and caretaker.
This app was targeted towards anyone who
struggles to take their prescribed medications at a specified time, something that is more
commonly noticed in older folks.
Our Minimum Viable Product will (1) Alert users of
when to take the medications, (2) inform the user of which medications to take and which
compartment to take the medication from, and (3) connect to the caregiver or the emergency
contact to alert them if the user has not taken their medication.
The main features of this application include being
able to schedule any medication on any day at any time. Based on the time and day, our algorithm
will calculate what compartment of our custom pillbox the medication will be placed in. Every user
can have a caretaker account associated with it that can supervise the medications being taken.
Based on the scheduled time and data input from the pillbox sensors, our app will send text messages
to the user and the caretaker informing them whether the pill was taken/not taken at the specified
time.
As part of the iteration unit, we were practicing with for
loops. One of the exercises that we were tasked with was to invert
the colors of a given image. The approach I took was to attain the
rgb values of each pixel that I iterated through, and then subtract
that rgb value from the max value of 255. Those new values then
replaced the old pixels, and the final product is an inverse image!
As part of our ArrayLists unit, we had to simulate through a
game of Bulgarian Solitaire where you start off with a triangular
number of cards sorted into a random number of piles. Then in each
pile, one card is taken away and added to an additional pile at the
end. This repeats until the piles assortment has a number from 1
through the number of levels in that triangular number. This problem
was indeed complex, however I had a lot of fun working through it!
This assignment was challenging to think about, however it was
made easy when you used for loops. The picture may be deceiving, but
it does not contain even one curved line, all lines are straight.
The idea was to add or subtract both the x and y coordinates at a
constant rate, and iterate enough times for it to create this type of
line art. The same concept was used, except at a smaller size to form
the rectangle inside the bigger rectangle.
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