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The future is that your _phone_ is the device that you can query directly. Some phones have barometers, thermometers, hygrometers, or UV sensors, etc. Our smart
by cryptoz 12y ago
The future is that your _phone_ is the device that you can query directly. Some phones have barometers, thermometers, hygrometers, or UV sensors, etc. Our smartphones are becoming weather stations, and the future-proofing in your scenario where WU shuts down is merely to startup your own mesh-network of weather sensors.
My startup PressureNet aims to be the go-to platform for accessing/collecting dense atmosphere measurements: http://pressurenet.io/ http://pressurenet.io/
- MegaDeKay 12y ago"Our smartphones are becoming weather stations..." Only to a very limited extent. A phone is not going to give me rainfall data nor wind information. A phone will also skew temperature readings because the phone itself heats up with usage and the fact that it is typically kept close to your body.
- organsnyder 12y agoThat works fine for measurements that are constant between in/outdoors (such as air pressure, I'm guessing), but how would that work for temperature? I don't care how warm it is in my pocket.