paths-up experience ~ HT

Preparation Before the Program

I got accepted into this program pretty late as I didn't know about it before, so I didn't have a lot of time to prepare much for the program. But I knew that it’s digital health so l figured that it would be a combination of codes and medicine. I reviewed the coding languages that I have learned prior (Java, Javascript, Python, HTML) through a program called Codecademy. This process helped me understand some of the codes that are used in the Arduino IDE and let me modify the codes to my liking.

Thoughts so far...

The research projects I have been working on were really fun to do. I discovered many things that I didn’t know before coming here, for example creating a PCB board digitally. The program used to create the PCB, EasyEDA, was easy for navigation around and has lots of functions to create various projects. The SparkFun Inventor’s Kit was really fun with putting together the parts and the wires, and I have created a couple of interesting projects. For the watch, it has had some problems but putting it together was educational! For my mentors, I think they are very dedicated to their work and taught us many things that we didn’t know before.

Looking forward...

For week two, I’m most looking forward to continuing creating the digital watch. It has been pretty simple but I want to see more complex things that can be inputted into the watch. I’m also excited with learning new things that are related to digital health!