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1 .This is Scientific American's 60-Second Tech. I'm Larry Greenemeier. Got a minute?
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2 .For a few years a handful of Android smartphones and tablets--mostly from Samsung--have come equipped with digital barometers.
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3 .The idea was to help measure altitude and improve GPS accuracy.
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4 .Now researchers have found a way to use these barometers for their traditional purpose--weather forecasting.
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5 .An app called PressureNet developed by Canadian company Cumulonimbus (with help from University of Washington atmospheric scientists) creates an interface between the device and researchers.
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6 .Since PressureNet's most recent release in January, the researchers have been collecting about 4,000 readings per hour from the app's users.
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7 .They plan to make this information available to the National Weather Service and other meteorologists worldwide.
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8 .An influx of crowd-sourced air pressure data would better pinpoint storms as they form, allowing longer response times,
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9 .especially important when dealing with relatively small but intense thunderstorms that develop quickly in areas with few official weather stations.
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10 .That's assuming Apple and the rest of the Android community start feeling a different kind of pressure, and install barometers in their devices too.
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11 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Tech. I'm Larry Greenemeier.
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