The App Inventor source code was released by Google and MIT yesterday as part of a three-month project to create a full-fledged App Inventor server for public use.

Here is where the real innovation of MIT App Inventor shines through because it makes programming the application very visual. Each function is represented by a colorful jigsaw puzzle-like block.

MIT announced that its App Inventor tool to enable users to easily build applications for Android phones is now in beta.

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

The entire setup is controlled using a smartphone application developed in MIT App Inventor, a super-easy way to prototype Android applications.