Unleash the Power of Your Cell Phone: The Tricorder in Your Pocket
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Ever wonder if your phone has any hidden abilities that might be useful? Sure, we use our phones to stay connected and to play games, but they’re also extremely powerful computers with immense sensing capabilities thanks to the very small, very cheap sensor technology at our disposal today.
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Unleash the Power of Your Cell Phone: The Tricorder in Your Pocket
- 1. DISCOVER THE HIDDEN ABILITIES OF YOUR PHONE The Tricorder In Your Pocket
- 2. EARTH • Dark Sky ($3.99) • Living Earth ($3.99) • Google Maps • Google Earth • QuakeFeed • Earth Now (NASA) • Hazards & Population Mapper (NASA) • Spyglass ($3.99) • Leafsnap • The Elements ($13.99)
- 3. SPACE • NASA • European Space Agency (ESA) • Deluxe Moon ($2.99) • Exoplanet • Sky Guide ($2.99) • Redshift ($9.99) • Cosmos • MANY more…
- 4. ENVIRONMENT • Shazam • Waze • GasBuddy • AccelMeter (g-force) • Teslameter (EM radiation) • Barometer • Seismometer • Level • *Pressure scale • LuxMeterPlus ($1.99) • Acoustic Ruler ($1.99) • Analyzer ($14.99)
- 5. LIFESTYLE • Philips Hue • Kevo • FireTV • Nest • WeMo • Signal • Skype • Mint • Peapod • 1Password • IFTTT • Launch Center
- 6. EXTREME APPS • AppShopper • Wolfram Alpha ($2.99) • computational knowledge engine • Speech Translator ($4.99) • Universal translator • Burner ($4.99/mo) • FastCustomer • uCheck (urinalysis) • LifeScan (glucose) • *Scanadu Scout • Medical tricorder • Scio • molecular analyzer
Editor's Notes
- Sensor technology has come a long way, mobile phones now possess mad sensing abilities! "TRI-function reCORDER,” refers to the device's primary functions; Sensing, Computing and Recording. Sensors (10): weight, fingerprint sensor, barometer, three-axis gyro, accelerometer, magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, camera, & microphone
- Update frequency: Earth Now, HazPop, & QuakeFeed near-real-time, Google Earth 1-3yrs, Google Maps daily Living Earth includes wind maps Quick Periodic Table = FREE
- NASA has many apps, SWx used to be amazing! Star Chart = FREE
- SkyPaw Co. Suite! I’m waiting for a mold test… https://pltarun.github.io/scale/ There used to be a great demographics app called Sitegeist!
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Wolfram can be used as a unit converter… Science Journal is an excellent Google produced Android only app! In some ways, your phone is more powerful than the tricorder in Star Trek, not only does it do computing, sensing, and recording, it also does communications!