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Old 08-16-07, 12:39 PM
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The code for their power meter system is open source! That's really cool because it offers two opportunities:

1. People might be able to help tweak the algorithms and make it even more accurate, or just fix bugs
2. People can make up cool apps to go with it or even make the screen show other cool stuff.

I hope this thing is accurate, reliable and affordable 'cause it could be really neat!

http://quarq.us/index.php?option=com...d=13&Itemid=29


AND:

IT HAS GPS!!

The Qranium. The head unit. The brain box. The physical encapsulation of knowledge. The Quarq Qranium is hands down the most powerful, most advanced bicycle computer ever made. It is fully loaded with GPS, a large graphical display, 512 Mb of memory and a Linux operating system. Perhaps most important: the application software will be released as open-source, maximizing flexibility.
Think of all the apps you can write to work with power and GPS! How many watts it takes you to climb # of feet per minute, adjusted by gradient. Or whatever. Wow, this thing could be cool.
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