Tuesday, 5 August 2008

Dynolicious

While I'm sat waiting for someone to turn up (he's late) I'll quickly
mention a new app for the iPhone called Dynolisious. What this app
does is, once calibrated by holding the phone at various angles,
monitor movement using the phone's accelerometer while you drive your
car. At this point witch-craft happens and it plots - rather accuratly
- your g-force, 0-60mph time and an estimate of your cars bhp figure.

I just had a couple of quick goes on the way to the gym earlier and,
after finding a good position for the phone, I just hit the start
button at the lights, the app then starts recording once I set off.

Haven't had chance to get to 60mph but the 0-40 and 50 times seem
fairly accurate and it states I pulled 0.4 G...I'm sure there's room
for improvement there.

I think the app was about '7 and I'd say well worth it when compared
to dedicated units costing several hundred pounds.

Alistair

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