Cool iPhone App

[madmatt]

http://www.dynolicious.com

Dynolicious is the first automotive performance meter available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Dynolicious uses the hardware built-in to your iPhone to measure the performance characteristics of your vehicle. No external wires or equipment is necessary, simply slip the iPhone into a cradle or cupholder and go!

Some of the performance metrics Dynolicious can measure:

0-60 Acceleration
1/4 Mile Elapsed Time
Lateral G's
Horsepower

Unlike other accelerometer-based performance meters, Dynolicious uses the advanced data-handling and display capabilities of the iPhone to make the most of your performance testing. Dynolicious maintains a history of test runs, showing you averages and trends in your results. Dynolicious also allows you to enter modifications performed to your vehicle, and will instantly show before-and-after results to easily identify gains or losses.

[Duck-Stew]

Sounds cool!

Are you running it?

Cost?

(I am too lazy too look)

[madmatt]

Sounds cool!

Are you running it?

Cost?

(I am too lazy too look)

no, not yet. I'm going to use a buddys iPhone and try it out. I believe that it's $12.99. Pretty effin cheap if you ask me.

[Rob Hilding]

The above post was actually NOT Duck-Stew but I......


Truth in advertising and all

Goddamn employees using my computer

[DucFanatic]

This is a gag app, right?
Without physical hardware componentry, how can it possibly render meaningful data?

http://www.dynolicious.com

Dynolicious is the first automotive performance meter available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Dynolicious uses the hardware built-in to your iPhone to measure the performance characteristics of your vehicle. No external wires or equipment is necessary, simply slip the iPhone into a cradle or cupholder and go!

Some of the performance metrics Dynolicious can measure:

0-60 Acceleration
1/4 Mile Elapsed Time
Lateral G's
Horsepower

Unlike other accelerometer-based performance meters, Dynolicious uses the advanced data-handling and display capabilities of the iPhone to make the most of your performance testing. Dynolicious maintains a history of test runs, showing you averages and trends in your results. Dynolicious also allows you to enter modifications performed to your vehicle, and will instantly show before-and-after results to easily identify gains or losses.

[madmatt]

This is a gag app, right?
Without physical hardware componentry, how can it possibly render meaningful data?

nope, no gag here amigo. My coworker got it and said it's pretty accurate (granted he was testing on a Honda Element) but it was in line with what you'd think the results would be.

When it comes to the technology, I can't say definitively what technology makes something meaningful or not, but according the the website, it's within a small margin of error.

[derby]

This is a gag app, right?
Without physical hardware componentry, how can it possibly render meaningful data?

similar to the way this works:  http://www.gtechpro.com/

the iphone has multiple accelerometers in it. same principle.

[MetalDuc]

ok I have to chime in here. I haven't looked at the link but the first thing that came to mind was that the iPhone could be a simplified gtech. It doesn't seem like it could do a very good job though since it only has x and y plane acceleramators which are not too sensitive. Plus it has no way to read the rpms and therefore could not give you horse power. I am sure it is a fun toy but I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

I did read a while back about somebody using a wii mote hooked up to a laptop for a similar device which is probably more accurate than the iPhone thanks to more sensitive accelerameters.   

[darylbowden]

ok I have to chime in here. I haven't looked at the link but the first thing that came to mind was that the iPhone could be a simplified gtech. It doesn't seem like it could do a very good job though since it only has x and y plane acceleramators which are not too sensitive. Plus it has no way to read the rpms and therefore could not give you horse power. I am sure it is a fun toy but I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

I did read a while back about somebody using a wii mote hooked up to a laptop for a similar device which is probably more accurate than the iPhone thanks to more sensitive accelerameters.   

It also has GPS-A.  That's prolly a big part of it.

[MetalDuc]

It also has GPS-A.  That's prolly a big part of it.

I considered that too. Not sure about the 3g but the 1st gen skyhook gps is certainly not sufficient for use in an app like this.

I think it is cool and probably fun to play with but I would laugh at any body claiming hp gains on mods or in general based on the results of this app. 

[SteveG]

It doesn't seem like it could do a very good job though since it only has x and y plane acceleramators which are not too sensitive.

It's easy to be skeptical about this product (I am), but FWIW the iphone's got accelerometers on all three axes.

[MetalDuc]

I looked into the page and a little more of what the iPhone might be able to do and maybe it can do an ok job. HP is calculated using wieght so that is only going to be as accurate as the data you input. Don't forget driver and fuel at about 6lbs per gallon.

Garmin & TomTom would be wise to add some accelerometers to their gps devices with similar software as an added feature. Stand alone gps is going to have to do something to compete with the phones these days and that seems like it might make a better platform. Basically gps and gtech combined with massive amounts of storage to provide real world performance logs. They could even go a step further adding omdbII to utilize car data for the ultimate driving utility. Precise navigation and performance information in one package.

[madmatt]

I looked into the page and a little more of what the iPhone might be able to do and maybe it can do an ok job. HP is calculated using wieght so that is only going to be as accurate as the data you input. Don't forget driver and fuel at about 6lbs per gallon.

Garmin & TomTom would be wise to add some accelerometers to their gps devices with similar software as an added feature. Stand alone gps is going to have to do something to compete with the phones these days and that seems like it might make a better platform. Basically gps and gtech combined with massive amounts of storage to provide real world performance logs. They could even go a step further adding omdbII to utilize car data for the ultimate driving utility. Precise navigation and performance information in one package.

Do it! Quit your day job. Or, don't and just write them a letter. 

[nfwb11]

Word on the street is that the next edition of the iPhone will come with a built-in Flux Capacitor! 

[Speeddog]

Seems odd that it has 3 accelerometers... perhaps that's default for the chips.

Don't see why it would need three, but I don't have one, so no idea what other apps could possibly use three.
Does it have games that would use  accelerometers or a pedometer function?