Applications of Smartphone Sensors in Science and Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, we have all become aware of the many useful applications of smartphones in science and technology. Their increasing power and common use make them valuable devices in a broad range of contexts. Our smartphones bear a variety of sensors which enable their use in numerous applications. Barometers, accelerometers, luxometers, and magnetometers, among others, can be used to make measurements with a good level of precision. The data registered with one or more sensors can be collected, combined, sent to remote servers, stored, or processed by smartphone apps. Ultimately, behind each useful mobile application, there is a fruitful encounter of developers and professionals from a variety of disciplines, leading to the production of valuable, creative solutions to important problems.

For this Special Issue, we invite researchers and professionals from different disciplines to contribute with their recent works on smartphone sensors applications. Our goal is to put together researchers and mobile app developers in order to give shape to an informative collection of regular research articles and topical reviews, which put in prospective the value of the important uses of smartphone sensors in science and technology.

We especially, but not exclusively, welcome works on relevant and low-cost applications in areas such as science and engeneering, education, healthcare, wellbeing, diagnosis of disease, the environment, and elderly care, with a focus on their utility for a broad public.

Dr. Juan Carlos Castro-Palacio
Dr. Juan A. Monsoriu
Guest Editors

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