In class we have been talking about the inner workings of computers, including the parts and how the parts work. We discussed bits and bytes and how language was encoded, and how ASCII encoded the english language but as computers became more popular it was not a sufficient method of coding for all the worlds languages. So Unicode was invented and it uses 2 bytes to encoded every letter/character which allows for more letters and characters to be covered. The recipe ipod would have to be created using unicode because I would want the whole world to be able to use it. The program would have no idea how to read or understand a Chinese recipe if it did not know how to interoperate the characters. It would be interesting to see a translation program could be added to the recipe ipod, since i come across a lot of recipes that seem awesome but they are in another language. Right now when that happens, I have to use google translate but it would made the recipe ipod ten times more awesome if it could do it.

Last week in class we talked about the parts that make up a computer and I know that the recipe ipod would need quite a few of these things as well. It would need to have a motherboard and processor in order to run its program and allow users to connect the recipe ipod and their computers. It would need memory in order to store the recipes but I not know if it would need to be RAM memory or Hard Drive memory. I would like the recipe ipod to be touchscreen since that would make using it easier and it would eliminate key/buttons to get flour stuck in. It would need a mic and speakers in order to run the voice recognition software and to read the recipes out. Those are the basics, but I'm sure there would a lot more parts needed for the recipe ipod to work.