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Re:Nice iPhone app lets you acoustically measure distances o... by tomkinstinch on Saturday November 12, 2011 @04:37PM (#3228994)
It's too bad that the temperature sensor in the iPhone isn't accessible through the public API.

It has the hardware to measure temperature, but we can't use it.

(See: http://www.iclarified.com/images/news/3832/14751/14751.png )

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Re:Nice iPhone app lets you acoustically measure distances o... by gregschlom on Saturday November 12, 2011 @05:14PM (#3229073)
Random guess: this may not be a full temperature sensor but just an on/off switch that is triggered when the temperature is above some limit.
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Re:Nice iPhone app lets you acoustically measure distances o... by samg_ on Saturday November 12, 2011 @04:56PM (#3229036)
It would require an Internet connection, but GPS + some weather API would do.
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Re:Nice iPhone app lets you acoustically measure distances o... by jrockway on Saturday November 12, 2011 @05:49PM (#3229152)
Weather APIs know the indoor temperature?
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