The comparison debate between star wars and star trek has been going on for ages. Well, Android owners are now given a chance to take their favorite franchises right into their phones, reports Android and Me. The app is a tricorder for Android. Users can apply their handset’s real sensors to identify magnetic fields, gravity and a few other amazing things.
From the looks of it, this could be one of those apps that exhibit an animation and beeps with sounds from the show. Nevertheless, developer Moonblink applied the functions of the Android phone so as to offer informational readouts on the setting around users. Readouts available comprise of a graphed accelerometer status, audio analysis, geographic readout by means of a compass and GPS and signal power readings based on 3G and Wi-Fi.
Most remarkably, the app shows an assessment of the sun’s environment which encompasses pictures of sunspots and its corona. The tricorder is equipped with genuine sound effects and well-defined graphics. It can also translate the present date into a stardate.
The Tricorder app can be downloaded for no charge.