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I-nemometer
Include a tiny hot wire anemometer on mobile devices and let new applications grow around. | |
First app request: turn the page on an ebook blowing over the eReader.
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+ Also useful as a wind speed measuring tool for
sailors. |
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For low precision like your proposed app, there is already an app that uses wind noise on the microphone to estimate the wind speed. Just google cell phone anemometer. They say it's good enough for low precision stuff like kite surfing. |
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//cell phone anemometer// Very interesting, I'll try it soon |
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If you need greater precision than the turbulence-
roar, you could use one of those tiny turbine-
whistles and have your cell phone listen to that. The
frequency should relate to speed fairly well. |
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