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The entire setup is controlled using a smartphone application developed in MIT App Inventor, a super-easy way to prototype Android applications.

In a time when technology is rapidly changing, the MIT App Inventor provides an excellent example of how to democratize the process of creation.

The App Inventor source code was released by Google and MIT yesterday as part of a three-month project to create a full-fledged App Inventor server for public use.