Lecture Post: The System Unit

Entrepreneurial Idea Overview:
If you ever wondered what that delicious wafting smell is coming from, the Food FTW App can detect what food it is through the newest iTouch/iPhone generation's smell sensor. The app can also identify food by pictures. The app has a database of all kinds of cuisine with information about them making it a handy tool for food lovers who enjoy discovering and learning about the food they eat.

Lecture:
The system unit of the Food FTW App is the iPhone and iTouch. In the next generation of the iPhone and iTouch, the components within it are faster and more advanced. Since it contains new features like the smell sensor and picture detector, the quad-core processor is upgraded to a revolutionary 'hard-core processor'. With the amount of information that is contained in the Application's database of food, the app itself uses multiple programs to interpret out what type of food the odor is. The 'hard-core processor' efficiently carries out these tasks.

Memory is another important part of the system unit for the application. The App requires storage within the hard drive because when detecting pictures and odors, those types of data are stored. The iPhone may reach to be 80GB while the iTouch may be 110GB. The App accesses that data and produces information about them. It is important to have a lot of memory because the App itself uses different programs running at the same time.

Apple products themselves uses a solid state drive that is not susceptible to shock and has reduced access time. The Food FTW App offers a variety of things to do related to food  and as an App, it requires to be on the most updated and latest components in order to work. Food FTW was made according to how well the gadget it is on can support.