Even without taking into account the unique, astonishing way it wirelessly connects with a smartphone, the Vaavud wind meter is pretty neat little gadget. It will measure wind speeds up to 25 ...

Your local forecaster’s weather predictions are a good start if you’re a surfer—or really any athlete who relies on the wind—waiting for the perfect conditions. But for more precise on-the-spot ...

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 ...

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The speed of wind is being measured and recorded by this anemometer with a speed distribution from 0 to 17 and above meters per second. The device was designed for high reliability, ease of ...