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from Presserving Tradition to Improving Disaster Response, Four 2025 Swift Student Challenge Distingued Winners used Apple tools to create Applications that teach, expand opportunities and connect people around the world.
In March, Apple completed her student Swift Student Challenge. Now Apple emphasizes four young developers who occupied Apple among outstanding winners.
Taiki Hamamoto was inspired by Hanafuda, a centuries-old Japanese card game. He grew up, playing a game with his family, but when he tried to rally friends, he found that very few knew how.
Its application PlayGround, Hanafuda Tactics, teaches beginners with the traditional card game using interactive teaching aids and bright digital decks. Mixing classic visual effects with a modern gameplay, Hamamoto hopes to share a Hanafuda with a new generation.
Taiki Hamamoto | Image loan: Apple
“HNAFUDA is unique in that it allows you to experience the landscapes and culture of Japan,” Hamamoto said about their application. “I want users of my application to feel immersed in it, and I want to keep the game for future generations.”
Lee has grown in Los Angeles, who is well familiar with the realities of forest fires. “Col-SM-12″> “As a person who grew up in Los Angeles, I always knew about the risks of forest fires and realities that are associated with natural disasters,” said Apple. “But with this phone call, urgency really hit home. My grandmother was panicked, did not know what to pack, or how to stay prepared and informed. ”
Marina Lee | Image loan: Apple
“, which inspired me to create an application for people like it, which may not be the same technological, but deserve an affordable, deserving trust of the resource during the crisis.”
its application, evacuamate, v. It helps users to prepare for evacuation, he offers useful control lists, encourages users to download copies of important documents through the iPhone camera and even teaches users how to check the quality of the air and collect first aid sets. She was excited to start her adventure on the star.The first was the lack of clear viewing conditions in its very industrially developed city, which complicates observing the stars. The second was the lack of community.
After joining the astronomical society, Nuevo Lena Ortis Nolasko found her community and even found a way to get to the rural area on weekends to see the stars more clearly. This inspired her to create her own playground of the application, Breakdowncosmic.
Luciana Ortiz Nolasco | Image loan: Apple
Breakdowncosmic is a virtual place for the collection that helps users prepare for astronomical events, earn medals to perform “missions”, and go out with other enthusiasts.
“I want people to feel that they go on a trip to the space when they enter my application,” she said about Brakdowncosmic. “The Universe is where we live. This is our house, and everyone should be able to find out. ”
Nahom Worku, a fourth -year student at the University of York in Toronto, grew up in Ethiopia, where he witnessed the lack of quality education for students. This, in combination with the project at his university, helped inspire him to create his playground of the application.
are available to solve two common problems for disadvantaged students: lack of resources and lack of connection to Wi-Fi. It works with or without Wi-Fi Access and uses Apple Machine Learning and AI tools to help students plan their educational trip.
“Students can photograph their notes, and then the machine learning model analyzes the text using the structure of the Apple natural language to create flash cards,” said Apple Worku.
nahom worku | Image loan: Apple
“The application also has a system for managing notifications, since many students around the world have many homework and family responsibilities after school, so they often fight with time management.”
Swift Student Challenge is an annual event that encourages promising developers to practice their crafts and win prizes. Participants should be more than 13 enrolled in an academic institution or equivalent of a home school, and not as permanent developers.
Every year Apple selects 350 winners who give free annual membership in the Apple Developer program, the ability to pass the SWIFT exam, and this year AirPods Max. They also receive a personal certificate.
Of these 350, 50 students are indicated by “outstanding winners.” These winners receive the main prize: a three -day trip to Apple Park to Apple Park. Applications of winners should demonstrate superiority in innovation, creativity, social influence or inclusive
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