Ng et al. Scientific Phone Apps and Mobile Devices (2016) 2:5
Abstract:
Smartphones doubling up as laboratory equipment are increasingly in demand for convenience and portability. VibraTilt is a free smartphone app with a simple interface on both the iOS and Android operating systems that functions as both an accelerometer and a gyroscope. Leveraging on in-built sensors, the portable accelerometer bubble level can be used in labs to determine the tilt of surfaces. The gyroscope measures the rotation in threedirections-axes and their magnitude of change for calibrating equipment, measuring vibrations, stability of laboratory equipment, and measuring tremors clinically. For setting thresholds and visualization, a graph showing the change in the x, y and z values is incorporated in the Android version. Together with the customizable feature to record the number of shakes within a certain time frame, VibraTilt does more than unlock the smartphone to displace two equipment in the laboratory, but can be used in a variety of purposes.
License type:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Funding Info:
This work is funded by JCO1334i00050 grant, from the Joint Council Office, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore.