科技潮物测风计神器

编辑： Mavis 资料来源： Fine Born China 发表时间：2013-08-14 18:37

你的手机配件够个性够新潮够引起路人羡慕的眼光吗?现如今已不再是“iphone我有，天下在手”的时代了，果粉们挖空心思装扮自己的爱机，耍酷玩个性，拼的就是创意!

经历了3D的玉手发现自己 HOLD不住的一起来放松放松，带着iphone出去散个步，如果再带上Vaavud 那就更好了。特别针对特殊工作人士而言，测风设备是不可或缺的。而Vaavud 风力测速计可谓是个神器。

由丹麦技术大学研发的配合智能手机使用的Vaavud 风力测速计，内含有两个小磁体，Vaavud 风速表没有集成任何的电子元件，这一特性极大的增强了它的可靠性，手机自带的磁传感器能够感应风速表上两块旋转磁体的运动速度，从而计算得到风速，使用者只需将其插入手机插孔，手机内的磁场探测器便可检测到它。随着风力旋转的小磁体们会探测风速，手机中的Vaavud app便会将风速转化为可阅读数据，科技感十足。

不同于其它功能类似的产品，这款售价59美元的风速计可以被固定在手机的耳机接口上，可以支持iPhone，iPad等设备。果粉们，你们心动了吗？

其外文报导如下：

While the average person may not care too much about the current wind speed, it’s very important to the likes of windsurfers, kitesurfers, and sailors. Although official monitoring stations do provide readings, those stations aren’t always particularly close to the locations where these people do their respective things. That’s why Copenhagen-based Vaavud has created its smartphone-paired wind meter, of the same name. Interestingly, the plug-in device itself contains no electronics.

The Vaavud plugs into the phone’s headphone jack, but that’s simply to hold it in place – it will work even if unplugged and held near the phone.Instead of circuits or batteries, the device contains two small magnets. As the wind catches the device’s two cups and causes it to spin, the phone’s magnetic field detector detects the rotation of the magnets. The Vaavud app then utilizes algorithms ordinarily used for sound processing, to convert the speed of those rotations into a wind speed reading.

Users can then upload their readings to the Vaavud website, where they will be displayed on a map of the region, along with readings submitted by other users.The Vaavud plugs into the phone’s headphone jack, but that’s simply to hold it in place- it will work even if unplugged and held near the phone.

The setup has been tested and calibrated in the wind tunnel at The Technical University of Denmark. Because not all phones’ magnetic field detectors are exactly the same, however, it won’t necessarily work with any make or model. It does work with iPhones 4, 4S and 5, and with the Samsung Galaxy SII and SIII. According to the designers, the Galaxy compatibility means that it should work with any newer Android phone, but they still need to conduct more tests.

Vaavud (the company) is in the process of raising production funds on Kickstarter. A pledge of £20 (about US$30) will get you a wind meter of your own, when and if they’re ready to spin. Prospective buyers might also want to check out the Shaka smartphone wind meter – although its estimated retail price is $59.