Features
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Sensors
Phyphox allows you to use the sensors in your phone for your experiments. For example, detect the frequency of a pendulum using the accelerometer or measure the Doppler effect using its microphone.
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Data Export
Export your data in many common formats to analyze it in your favorite software. Save or share the data through any app on your phone.
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Remote Control
Control your experiment from any web browser. For example, you can control phyphox from your notebook and download the resulting data directly to your desktop.
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Custom Experiments
You have a specific experiment, that is not included in phyphox? Great! Check out the Wiki and the web-editor to learn how to create your own smartphone experiment.
Awards
More details can be found on the German website of the MNU.
We are especially happy to find that we have been awarded by the students from our own courses. This confirms that our efforts are appreciated by those for whom phyphox was designed. More details about the award from 2018 can be found on the Fachschaft website (in German).
Support
The RWTH Aachen University has established the support program “Exploratory Teaching Space” (ETS), to fund innovative teaching concepts within our university. Through this program, the development of the app has been funded in 2016/2017 as well as a Bluetooth interface in 2017/2018 and distributed experiments in 2018/2019.
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) supports the project “Lehrerbildung Aachen” (LeBiAC2) of the RWTH Aachen University in the context of their funding program “Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung” (Phase 2). As part of LeBiAC2 we develop and evaluate the use of Bluetooth-based data acquisition by students during their education to become teachers.
With a fellowship for innovations in digital academic teaching, the Stifterband NRW funded in 2017 the development of modular worksheets (in German), which also include phyphox-based experiments.Behind phyphox
Phyphox has been created at the 2nd Institute of Physics of the RWTH Aachen University.
Sebastian Staacks Development and ConceptChristoph Stampfer ConceptHeidrun Heinke DidacticsSimon Hütz PhD StudentDominik Dorsel PhD StudentJan Held Student Assistant
Looking for help from a local contact? Check out our ambassador program with people from all around the world sharing their experience with phyphox.
Alumni
Jonas Gessner ProgrammingSimon Goertz ThesisBenjamin Götze ThesisPatrick Klein ThesisCamilla Lummerzheim ProgrammingFrank Posthoff DesignPaul Surrey ProgrammingLena Weckauf ThesisRobin de Winter Student Assistant