iSeismometer 1.6

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When using iSeismometer, you'll be amazed at how sensitive your iPhone is! Simply start the app, place it on your desk, and tap somewhere nearby to see the accelerometer in action.

This app was created as a fun and educational project. It serves as a data collecting device and can be used to learn about seismology.

In Total Ranking:

• #3 in Italy
• #28 in Japan

In Education Category Ranking:

• #1 in Japan
• #11 in the US! (*new*)
• #1 in Austria, Finland, and Greece
• #3 in Norway
• #5 in Japan and Belgium
• #8 in Denmark
• #9 in Norway

Please feel free to give us suggestions and feedback: [email protected].

Instructions and Information:

• iSeismometer stores 10 seconds of data. Recording duration will be increased in a future version.
• If you suspend recording, you can drag the screen to re-track the previous data.
• Submit data on our website along with your location information.
• You can customize the target URL. Visit our website for more details: http://iphone.objectgraph.com/iseismometer/.
• Email the URL to yourself so that you can easily download the data as a CSV file.
• The spectrum graph shows the Hz.
• An alarm can detect a sudden motion.
• The sampling rate is adjustable.
• Realtime Drawing and Timeline Drawing can be turned on or off.
• The X-Y-Z axes are illustrated.
• A High-Pass Filter can be turned on or off.
• And many more options... Take a look at the screenshots!

User Comments:

• "While I can see this has real potential applications, the only semi-serious use I've had is showing my 95 year old grandmother that her washing machine was out of balance. (Fixed it) The look on her face was PRICELESS. Thanks!" - by KeyboardError
• "Can't stop playing around with it!" - by SeatlleBoiler
• "I sat at my desk and watched it as I wrote and used my laptop. It picks up everything." - by Stretch Man
• "Unfathomable coolness." - by AbrahamKafi
• "This tool is really great, imagining a real potential." - by ITester
• "Cool to put next to a subwoofer." - by thatkid

We were featured in "The Independent Guide To The iPhone 3Gs" by Nik Rawlinson. Here is his review:

"This is a novelty app but one that also helps you learn something new. The concept is simple. You just leave your iPhone on a hard surface with the app fired up, then tap somewhere nearby and watch what happens.

It looks like something you would find in a hospital, but it's one of those things that is very captivating once you've looked at it once. We completely lost track of time when we played with this app, trying out different tap-based compositions - it was like we were at an MTV concert during this review.

You have the ability to pause the 'recording' of movement around the iPhone, in addition to looking at a colorful spectrum graph of what occurred in the three seconds prior to requesting that data.

We didn't quite understand what the chart was showing us, but it looked pretty nonetheless and it'll make you look very intelligent to anyone looking over your shoulder.

The app will monitor movement for 10 seconds and report back on the last three seconds of activity. You can then upload that data in a snazzy graph format to the web for all to see. Your old friends will probably think you've changed careers."