Swift Student Challenge: Meet the 20-year-old from Indore, winner of Apple’s Swift Student Challenge – Times of India
Ahead of its annual developer conference — WWDC — every year Apple holds the Swift Student Challenge. This year one of the winners is 20-year-old Asmi Jain. Jain, a student at Medi-Caps University in Indore found out her friend’s uncle had to undergo brain surgery.The surgery led to eye misalignment and facial paralysis.
Her friend’s uncle’s condition gave Jain the idea to create an app playground, which can track a user’s eye movements as they try to follow a ball moving around the screen. The playground’s purpose is to help strengthen the eye muscles. Jain hopes it can be used by people with a variety of eye conditions and injuries.
“It was important for me to create an app playground that could positively impact the lives of people like him,” says Jain. “My next goal is to get feedback and make sure it’s effective and user-friendly, and then release it on the App Store,” she adds. Her long-term plan is to expand it Ultimately, I want to expand it so that it helps strengthen all of the muscles in the face. “I hope it can one day serve as a therapy tool that people like my friend’s uncle can use at their own pace.”
Coding to solve problems
The 20-year-old says that her inspiration for coding comes from the idea of solving problems in the healthcare sector. It all started from the many years she spent volunteering to help those around her. She and a few other students created a forum at her university so that their classmates had a support system for working through tough coding problems.
“When you feel as though you’re part of something bigger, it motivates you and drives you to do better,” says Jain. “Coding lets me create things that help my friends and my community. And it gives me a sense of independence that is very empowering,” she adds.
Her friend’s uncle’s condition gave Jain the idea to create an app playground, which can track a user’s eye movements as they try to follow a ball moving around the screen. The playground’s purpose is to help strengthen the eye muscles. Jain hopes it can be used by people with a variety of eye conditions and injuries.
“It was important for me to create an app playground that could positively impact the lives of people like him,” says Jain. “My next goal is to get feedback and make sure it’s effective and user-friendly, and then release it on the App Store,” she adds. Her long-term plan is to expand it Ultimately, I want to expand it so that it helps strengthen all of the muscles in the face. “I hope it can one day serve as a therapy tool that people like my friend’s uncle can use at their own pace.”
Coding to solve problems
The 20-year-old says that her inspiration for coding comes from the idea of solving problems in the healthcare sector. It all started from the many years she spent volunteering to help those around her. She and a few other students created a forum at her university so that their classmates had a support system for working through tough coding problems.
“When you feel as though you’re part of something bigger, it motivates you and drives you to do better,” says Jain. “Coding lets me create things that help my friends and my community. And it gives me a sense of independence that is very empowering,” she adds.
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