October 8, 2012

New app puts butterflies on your phone




Fluttering onto a smartphone near you soon, a field guide to the butterflies of Northern California, created by UC Davis students.

"I hope that teachers will be able to use it for classroom projects," said Melissa Whitaker, a UC Davis graduate student who developed the app with two computer science undergraduates, Joey Jiron and Bryan Maass. The app was released to the iTunes store this week. It can be downloaded from the store for free.