Thread: How have you used an iPad for FRC/other STM reasons
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Re: How have you used an iPad for FRC/other STM reasons
Our team uses a mentor's iPad for a few different things. Like some of you guys, we have a few apple IOS app developers, and we're working on a scouting app. It also can come in handy while taking scouting notes in the pits (bigger screen, sometimes more reliable than pen and paper, not as bulky as a laptop) especially if it has 3G. We also used one for communicating with our team captain on the field during alliance selections to update him with which teams we wanted.

That being said, I don't know that I would argue in favor of spending team resources on one. It's been great having our mentor's iPad to use, but it hasn't been necessary. If you're thinking of going the route of app development, it could be useful though. Just my two cents!