In a time when technology is rapidly changing, the MIT App Inventor provides an excellent example of how to democratize the process of creation.

Getting MIT App Inventor from one of the app stores allows users to test their applications right on their phones or devices as they build them.

App Inventor — a Google cast-out that is now maintained by MIT — is a graphical tool that unlocks the power of an Android handset to those with the most basic of programming understanding.

Google and MIT have released App Inventor for Android today on an open source basis.