Quarq has developed a new power meter that will be fully unveiled at Interbike. To me, there's a few aspects of it that are really exciting:
1. The code for their power meter system is open source! That's really cool because it offers two opportunities:
* People might be able to help tweak the algorithms and make it even
more accurate, or just fix bugs
* People can make up cool apps to go with it or even make the screen
show other cool stuff.
2. It has GPS built in
* Couple this with the open source and the possibilities are endless. If
they have a developer's pack, programmers can write programs that
calcualate any number of things between the watts, feet climbed per
minute, etc.
3. It's just a wireless crankset spider, so it'll fit right into your crankset. That
sounds nice and clean.
What does everyone here think?
http://quarq.us/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
1. The code for their power meter system is open source! That's really cool because it offers two opportunities:
* People might be able to help tweak the algorithms and make it even
more accurate, or just fix bugs
* People can make up cool apps to go with it or even make the screen
show other cool stuff.
2. It has GPS built in
* Couple this with the open source and the possibilities are endless. If
they have a developer's pack, programmers can write programs that
calcualate any number of things between the watts, feet climbed per
minute, etc.
3. It's just a wireless crankset spider, so it'll fit right into your crankset. That
sounds nice and clean.
What does everyone here think?
http://quarq.us/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1