Special Events on WWDC 2021

Out of this world…on to Mars

Fascinated by aerospace engineering and fighter jets from the age of 11, MIT graduate Tiera Fletcher adopted her ardour. At 22, she landed her dream job engaged on NASA’s Area Launch System, essentially the most highly effective rocket created in historical past. Study what it’s prefer to design elements of a 322-foot-tall, 8.8-million-pounds-of-thrust-producing rocket meant to journey people into deep house — together with the moon, Mars, and past.

Conscious cooldown for coding

Wind down from the day’s occasions with a brief collection of stretches adopted by a meditation led by an Apple Health+ coach.

Accessibility by design: An Apple Watch for everybody

Study from engineers and designers who helped construct Apple Watch as they share tales that spotlight Apple’s method to accessible design, fixed iteration, and neighborhood engagement.

Meditation for fidgety skeptics

Dan Harris is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the co-anchor of ABC’s weekend editions of Good Morning America. After having a nationally-televised panic assault in 2004, he discovered himself on an extended and infrequently weird journey that ended with him discovering mindfulness meditation. Dan will share his story, which has led to his authoring two books and creating a well-liked podcast and app which have helped many (together with earlier non-believers like himself) enhance their lives. He might be joined by Jeff Warren, famend meditation trainer and Dan’s co-author of the bestselling e-book Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics, to supply sensible steps that anybody can take to handle the wide-ranging stresses and anxieties of as we speak’s world to grow to be 10% happier.

Apple Design Awards

The Apple Design Awards honor excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and sport design. We’re thrilled to announce this 12 months’s finalists — a formidable assortment of apps and video games produced by a few of the most gifted builders on the planet.

Developer highlight: Accessibility

Study from builders who’re blind or deaf as they talk about the method of constructing expertise accessible. Uncover how their distinctive views sparked innovation at their firms and helped make their apps much more inclusive.