The WeatherFlow Wind Meter and its android and iOS apps not only measures wind speed, it also logs measurements and supports sharing at a very low price. There are many situations in which it’s ...

Smartphones have a lot of on-board sensors, but do they really have enough? No way, say a slew of recent hardware startups, of which Danish Vavuud is only the most recent. Vavuud is turning to ...

While the average person may not care too much about the current wind speed, it’s very important to the likes of windsurfers, kitesurfers, and sailors. Although official monitoring stations do provide ...

Some of our readers might remember the Vaavud smartphone wind meter that launched over on the Kickstarter website back in April 2013. Now Vaavud is back with a new version that is cable of recording ...

If you are a sailor, surfer, climber, scientists or weather enthusiast you might be interested in a small device called the Vaavud Wind Meter that transforms your smartphone into a meteorological ...

Smartphones are loaded with sensors, but apparently not enough for some people. Danish startup Vaavud claims to have developed an accurate smartphone wind speed meter or anemometer that contains no ...

A Kickstarter success has just closed its seed funding round, raising $375,000 to continue its work of measuring the wind using a network of smartphones with a low-cost, electronics-free hardware ...

Researchers have developed a way to use a kite itself to measure wind speed. The instrument consists of a 2-meter-long and 1-meter-wide Rokkaku-type kite. Kites have a storied history in ...

Just how windy is it outside? The Wind Meter, a handy anemometer that connects to your phone, can tell you the speed and direction of the wind. The WeatherFlow device can also measure gusts, calculate ...