Commercialize your
knowledge into an app!
Today’s program
Who are we? What's an app and how can you use it?
App examples Break How to make an app? Pitch your idea! Follow up
Who we are..
MOVIE
Community: whitepapers, blogs App store: >100 horti & agri apps Webstore: Hardware & Software Collaborating with Wageningen UR:
The World of Apps challengePizza workshops
What’s an app?
[An application (or app) is a type of software that allows you to perform specific tasks.]
[Applications for desktop or laptop computers are sometimes called desktop applications,]
[and those for mobile devices are called mobile apps.]
What’s an app?
Simple / easy to use
Specific > Task > User
Popularity smartphones
Popularity
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5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00% 37.40%
27.60%
21.60% 22.40%
Poultry Farmers Pig Farmers Crop Farmers Dairy Farmers0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
29.30%
22.10%
13.70%16.00%
Smartphone Tablet
In horticulture about 25% of the growers have a smartphone and/or tablet.
How can you USE it?
Commercialize knowledge
Marketing
Combining knowledge
Whitepapers Apps
App examples
WhatsApp – Mobile all platforms300 million global users
PsychroCalc – 24green – Web apphttps://psychrocalc.24green.com (including whitepaper!)
Graph app – Sense-OS – Web apphttps://common.sense-os.nl/login.html
And now.. The real interesting part!
How can you build an app?
Data usage: > Use own formulas > External data
And now.. The real interesting part!
Sense-OS zorgtoepassing
Pitch & BreakDuring the break think about an idea YOU have for an app right now.
You can pitch this later!
Let’s start building an app!Options!
Category OptionsPlatform Web, Android, iOS, Smart TV, …?Tools Appmachine, Phonegap, …?Techniques HTML, Java, Objective C, Python, …?Data Google, Yahoo, Sense-OS, …?
Collaboration with Wageningen students
WorkshopsGoogle Maps app
More workshops on the way
World of apps challengeA contest to challenge students to build great apps
Coding
Google Maps app
http://24green.com/workshop-google-maps-api/
A few apps we made ouself
BlueViewClimateViewMeteoMashPsychroCalc
Pitch your idea!
Follow up & evaluate! World of Apps Challenge; win prizes!
“Pizza” workshops?
The Perfection Game
Thank you for your time!
Questions?