It only takes one phone:  You have the phone generate a tone and
detect the shifted tone off of whatever object reflects it, like
radar.  ;)

On Jan 14, 7:52 am, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Right, it takes two phones.
>
> You start playing sound on one and throw it out the car window, then measure
> the Doppler effect with the other.
>
> Great thing is, you can get a speed reading on the way back, if you pass by
> the same place.
>
> -- Kostya
>
> 2011/1/13 Hogus <[email protected]>
>
> > Don't be ridiculous, you can't use doppler shift if the source and
> > recorder remain at the same position relative to each other.
>
> > On Jan 13, 5:56 am, Spiral123 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Play a tone and record it at the same time.  The doppler shift should
> > > give you the speed.  Works for galaxies.
>
> > > On Jan 12, 9:52 pm, metal mikey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > You could use the phone's camera to take video of the car's
> > > > speedometer and use image analysis to determine what the speedometer
> > > > indicates the speed as. LOL :D
>
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