Dear TeX Users Group,<div><br></div><div> Hey, I'm an undergraduate working towards mathematics/piano performance double degrees and I'm interested in developing for TUG in Google's SOC 2009. I have an idea that you could add to your list of potential proposals, though I plan to use it when applying this March.</div>
<div> In the past, Texas Instruments has released four very heavily used graphing calculator models: the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-83_series" target="_blank">TI-83 Plus</a>, the TI-84 Plus, and silver editions of both, all of which use the Z80 processor to run slight variations of the same operating system. Because of its large user base (millions), the 83+ has been a desirable platform for all kinds of applications, especially math-related ones.</div>
<div> While PDF files outputted by some implementations of TeX allow many people to witness its beauty, this filetype goes completely unsupported on graphing calculators. If given the opportunity, I would write an application to render source manuscripts on the TI-83+ and similar calculators. I have yet to work out all of the specifics, but I have determined that the project is very feasible despite time and hardware constraints. I'd love to discuss this more between now and March 17 and I look forward to seeing TUG on the list of mentoring organizations this spring.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div> Zachary Hoffman</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>