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PressureNET 2.1 Released: the Distributed Barometer Network For Android

Posted by timothy on from the cue-up-the-maytals dept.

cryptoz writes "Cumulonimbus has released a new version of their open source, global barometer network. The network is built around an Android app called pressureNET which uses barometric sensors in new phones (such as the Nexus 4, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S3, Note, and others) in order to build the comprehensive network. They plan to use the data to improve short-term weather prediction, and the gives a teaser of the new data visualization tool they are building."

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  1. Very nice by medcalf · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've been thinking that temperature and pressure sensors would be a great app enabler on cell phones. Kudos to Google and the Android device makers then.

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    1. Re:Very nice by alexander_686 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I think it’s just pressure – and I am not sure how valuable a tempura gauge would be. I thinking my body temperature would throw off the readings to the point that they were meaningless.

  2. Surprise sensors. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The most exciting part of this - my Galaxy Nexus has barometric sensors!?