Inspiration
After spending all night doing the same Physics 2 problem over and over and over and... again all because I kept making simple mistakes when inputing my correct equation into my calculator, I decided it's time to make a more intelligent calculator.
What it does
Most university students (at least at GT) take notes and solve problems on a tablet. This app solves problems you've written on the iPad by simply highlighting it. This removes the middle man, making solving problems not only more efficient, but also removes the possibility of simple mistakes from incorrect inputs to the calculator
How we built it
We used Swift and XCode, as well as the mathPix API, and the wolfram alpha API
Challenges we ran into
We ran into problems when converting the LaTeX output from the mathPix API into a URL-encoded JSON string for the POST request to the wolfram alpha API.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are really happy that we were able to do this in such a short time, as we pulled an all-nighter to accomplish (what we think is a lot) in a small time frame.
What we learned
All of us learned the Swift language, as well as how to better work with web APIs. We also learned how to use GitHub repositories.
What's next for NotaSolverX
Next up is to create it as an extension for already existing and popular note-taking apps so that more people will have access to it!
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