App Inventor

You are going to use App Inventor to make an application for your phone

Smart Phone ‘s can hold many entertaining apps due to the amount

of sensors built into the phone

App Inventor

Sensors in phoneName of sensor What it is used for Advantage of using it Disadvantage of

using it

Touch screen You can control the screen with your finger or stylus.

Quicker to access information when using this type of device

Shatters easily.

AMBIENT TEMPERATURE

Ambient temperature is the air temperature of any environment where computers store related info.

If you have Hypothermia there is an alarm that tells you your room is to cold and you need to put the heating on.

Sometimes not accurate.

GYROSCOPE

The gyroscope helps indicate orientation.

Whichever your facing It will face the right way.

It can be sensitive a little too much.

PROXIMITY To save battery. More battery life. Turns off when you don’t want it to.

TEMPERATURE To tell how hot/cold it is.

How warm your house is.

Breaks easily.

ACCELEROMETER Navigation (speed.) Mph Km/h Some sensitive and not accurate.

LIGHT Brightness Day and night visable Can’t tell time.