Jul 28, 2021How I Overcame My Fear of the Ocean“Can we pleassse go to the pool?” Whenever my family took a day trip to the beach, I would ask this question. Ever since I was little, I was not naturally drawn to the ocean. I always preferred pools, since every time I tried to play in the ocean I…Personal Growth5 min read
Apr 19, 2021Want AI-Powered Muscles? Introducing: TonalIs the future of exercise in the hands of technology? Yes, you heard that right. Today, you can invest in an at-home fitness screen that sits on your living room wall that will be your new personal trainer for weightlifting. Introducing: Tonal Tonal has revolutionized muscle building through their patented digital weight…Tonal3 min read
Mar 29, 2021Sapiens: The Quest Towards TruthA book that will change your worldview and thought process. “What is reality?” This is the question that guides Yuval Noah Harari‘s book Sapiens — one that fundamentally shifted the way I view the world and understand history. This is one of those books you want to buy in hardcover…Sapiens14 min read
Published in Encode Justice·Mar 16, 2021How Will AI Acknowledge Our Differences in Healthcare?The consequences and causes of unforeseen AI bias in healthcare. A few weeks ago for a hackathon, my team was looking into heart attacks for our heart attack detection wearable. Halfway through our research, we learned that women and men can actually experience different heart attack symptoms, which often go…Ai Bias5 min read
Published in students x students·Mar 10, 2021A Homemade Lockbox to Protect Your Homemade CookiesHow to make an RFID-based lockbox Now that I’ve made a lie detector test to catch my brother when he eats the last cookie, I decided to take it a step further. What else are you going to do when you have a growing teen brother that eats like this?Iot Projects5 min read
Published in The Startup·Feb 28, 2021“Alexa, STOP!” — Are Robotic Personal Assistants Making Us Rude?Social Etiquette in the Age of AI Personal Assistants A few years ago, my 6-year-old cousin came over to our house for Thanksgiving. We’d just gotten an Amazon Alexa, my parents’ new favorite toy. And guess what the first thing my cousin said to Alexa when he first met it? …Robotics4 min read
Published in Age of Awareness·Feb 25, 2021What I Wish I’d KnownA guide to the college process The hardest part of the college process is about knowing yourself and your desires. Then, it’s boiling that down to one sentence. ___ is who I am. ___ is why we are a perfect match. Your application is essentially an argument for why they…College26 min read
Published in students x students·Jan 31, 2021Can You Really Keep A Secret? Let’s Test It Out!Making a lie detector from scratch “Did you eat the last cookie?” “No…” It seems that lie detectors come in handy when your sibling was the one who had the last cookie. So let’s make one, shall we? 😜 How Lie Detectors Work I’m sure you’re familiar with the polygraph lie…Io T3 min read
Dec 30, 2020Recycling? Shorter Showers? No. We Must Think Bigger.Smart cities can be utilized to rethink the way we live to combat climate change. Like… making ski slopes out of trash. Most of us will be city-dwellers in the future. Three million people are moving to cities every week, and by 2050, 68% of the global population is projected…Io T9 min read
Nov 16, 2020“Alexa, Turn On My Sink.”The Internet of Things and the Future. — Would you spend $550 on an Amazon Alexa-enabled sink? While my mother was shopping for a new kitchen sink last week, she came across sinks that have sensors to automatically stop when a pot has been filled, can “provide the proper timing for lathering, scrubbing, and rinsing your hands,” and…Internet Of Things7 min read
