Thinking about putting up a wind tower in the backyard? You might want to measure the average wind speed first and Mariah Power now offers a way to do it with a cool iPhone app. Point the microphone towards the sky and the app will determine the wind speed based on the noise which converts to dB reading corresponding to wind speed. Just make sure the lawn isn’t being mowed. Create With Context created the app for Mariah, which produces home wind turbines designed for average wind speeds of at least 10mph. While the company acknowledges that the readings aren’t 100% scientifically accurate, they plan to develop of a database of wind speeds across the world based on user readings. It should be noted that there are already two wind speed apps for the iPhone – the Wind Meter and Wind Speed app which have garnered mixed review. Mariah claims its app will be more accurate.
