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=== Idea === | === Idea === | ||
Almost every day we are confronted which large sums of money. It's mostly the news that will show us numbers which we can read but we are not able to imagine their dimension. Wether it's a country's debt, a budget deficit, the money spent on a war - how can we comprehend the impact of such a large sum? Would we even notice if there was one zero more or less? | Almost every day we are confronted which large sums of money. It's mostly the news that will show us numbers which we can read but we are not able to imagine their dimension. Wether it's a country's debt, a budget deficit, the money spent on a war - how can we comprehend the impact of such a large sum? Would we even notice if there was one zero more or less? | ||
=== Concept === | === Concept === | ||
The application »What's the sum?« is planned to be a quick way to better understand what large sums of money can actually mean in real life. Whenever you read about a large amount of money and you are not really sure what its power really is, you can type it into the app's opening screen. The program will then display a visualization which enables you to understand what this sum can actually buy. It should be as clear as possible so the user can grasp the money's power as quickly as possible. | The application »What's the sum?« is planned to be a quick way to better understand what large sums of money can actually mean in real life. Whenever you read about a large amount of money and you are not really sure what its power really is, you can type it into the app's opening screen. The program will then display a visualization which enables you to understand what this sum can actually buy. It should be as clear as possible so the user can grasp the money's power as quickly as possible. | ||
=== How it works === | === How it works === | ||
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For the future the visualizing objects could depend more on what the money is used for. How many hospitals can be built with a country's military budget for example? | For the future the visualizing objects could depend more on what the money is used for. How many hospitals can be built with a country's military budget for example? | ||
=== Sketches === | === Sketches === | ||
[[File:screen1_sum.jpg|left|thumb]] | [[File:screen1_sum.jpg|left|thumb]] | ||
[[File:screen2_sum.jpg|left|thumb]] | [[File:screen2_sum.jpg|left|thumb]] | ||