phyphox is an educational tool developed by RWTH Aachen University that provides direct access to smartphone sensors for scientific data collection and analysis. It enables users to run pre-defined experiments or create custom ones, offering capabilities like remote control via web browsers and raw data export.
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The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
For Students, educators, and science enthusiasts interested in utilizing mobile hardware for physical experimentation.
What does it look like?
Key features
Provides direct access to internal phone sensors like the 3D magnetometer for real-time data collection.
Includes a library of ready-to-play experiments that analyze sensor data immediately upon activation.
Allows users to control experiments and monitor data from a PC on the same network using a web browser.
Features a web-based editor to define custom sensor inputs, analysis steps, and interface views.
Supports exporting raw sensor data and analysis results into widely used file formats.
How much does it cost?
Velocity
Maintenance developmentShow more...
5 versions in history. Development pace: maintenance.
Who built it?
RWTH Aachen University
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Bottom line
phyphox transforms smartphones into versatile, programmable laboratory instruments for scientific measurement and education.
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