Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is the most high-profile device to date to feature a barometer amongst its guts. Seems strange that a atmospheric pressure measurement would be crammed in a device where space ...

For many in the tech arena, the iPhone has been, and likely always will be, the gold standard for handheld mobile devices. The smartphones were the very definition of "game changer" when they debuted ...

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Barometers can’t match the accuracy of computer-driven weather forecasts but are indispensable for basic predictions and spotting local precipitation trends. I first learned about atmospheric pressure ...

When I wrote about the hidden sensors on Android phones, the two sensors that stood out the most were a magnetometer that turns your phone into a metal detector and a barometer, which is supposed to ...

Portland State barometer reaches for the sky, and the record books Discarded glass pipes, off-the-shelf trusses and a vision propelled PSU instrument tech Tom Bennett to build a 40+foot barometer in ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). The January Barometer is summed up in a single easy-to-remember phrase: "As ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A barometer is a tool meteorologists use to measure atmospheric pressure, which is defined using millibars (mb). The layers of air ...