PhotoMath is an incredible new app that allows users to take pictures of math equations and automatically solves them. In addition, it guides users through the steps taken to solve the problem. While this seems quite incredible, the CEO behind PhotoMath states "We are not an educational company, we are promoting our machine vision technology with PhotoMath". In other words, they created an engine that can accurately reads text and numbers and used it to solve one particular problem. MicroBlink, the creator of PhotoMath and PhotoPay, is offering developers a full SDK (Software Development Kit). In other words, their technology can be easily licensed.
Mobile devices are using cameras to scan a variety of objects these days. From words, numbers, and secure IDs, to faces and plants; cameras offer a simple way to connect a software program to your surroundings. While MicroBlink claims to not be an educational company, they are disrupting typical education models with an app that shows leadership and ingenuity. According to famed speaker Tony Robbins, leadership involves 3 crucial steps.
1. See something as it is, not better or worse
2. See something better than it is
3. Make it the way you see it
Math textbooks offer generalized examples; a decent solution for helping students learn a particular skill. MicroBlink used their technology to imagine something better. They visualized a world where every math problem is accompanied by custom instructions...and then they turned that into reality!
The big question here is, what else can this technology solve? MicroBlink's CEO eloquently provoked this question by teaching people to learn in a brand new way.
Here's a link to a brief PhotoMath Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlbVB50mIh4
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