{"id":930,"date":"2011-06-29T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T06:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=930"},"modified":"2011-06-29T16:57:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T06:57:43","slug":"android-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=930","title":{"rendered":"Android applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like toys and my latest is a cheap Android phone &#8211; a <strong>Garmin Asus A50<\/strong> &#8211; great GPS and not a bad Android operating system for under AUD$200. Its really a GPS with a phone capability.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally I am interested in what can be done, particularly with the camera, WiFi and Bluetooth facilities. I have also found a quite good <strong>spirit level<\/strong> and a <strong>heart rate monitor <\/strong>(my phone does not have a flash, so the ambient light acts as the light source for a crude oximeter-like device. It may even be possible to estimate blood oxygen saturation with a similar approach. The frequency reposne of the microphone and accelerometers limit their use as <strong>sound level meters<\/strong>\/ <strong>noise dosimeters<\/strong> and <strong>vibration meters<\/strong>. Similarly there are Andoid applications using the light sensor as a crude <strong>luxmeter<\/strong>. A <strong>stethescope <\/strong>has been a great hit for the iPhone, with millions of downlaods. 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