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iPhone apps: Architect's Formulator, iTrack, Yi Jing

updated 02:35 pm EDT, Tue April 14, 2009

YetiSports, LightSource

  • Architect's Formulator ($10) includes over 200 formulas for carpentry, electrical and plumbing. The application also includes several concrete and excavations formulas that can help calculate how much concrete is required for a job and how many bricks are required to complete a wall. Formulas in the carpentry section can help calculate things like the number of joists and studs required for a job and the load on headers, walls or beams. The plumbing sections formulas can help calculate the area of a pipe wall, the weights of different pipes, and the temperature of two mixed bodies of water.

  • iTrack ($1) allows users to track all of their shipments across multiple carriers. One can enter all of the packages they want to track from DHL, FedEx, UPS, and USPS by using the items tracking number. Each item can also be labeled with additional information such as the contents of the package.

  • Yi Jing ($3) is a mobile version of the one the oldest Chinese books that is also known as the Book of Changes. The book is sometimes seen as a system of divination as the reader starts by asking a question, then flips a series of coins and then looks up the result in the book for an answer. Players can use the application to enter their question then flip three coins. All of the asked questions are then stored in a journal allowing users to look back at results from the past.

  • YetiSports 1 ($3) is a game where players see how far they can get their penguin to fly. There are two games modes included, a classic mode where the goal is to glide the penguin as far as possible while the other mode has players maneuver the penguin along a given flight path with bonus items. In total there are 27 different stages and nine different levels of difficulty.

  • LightSource ($1) allows one to use the iPhone as a customizable light panel. The application includes some of the most common lighting types and temperatures used by photographers and cinematographers. This can be used to add accent or fill light or to produce a catch light in a subject's eyes. Some of the included lighting types are, candle, halogen, sunlight, black light and sodium vapor.

    • By MacNN Staff

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