>One of these days, smartphones are just going to evolve into
>tricorders!
>
>"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ." If you have an iPhone look for "phyphox", which lets you read and record many of the sensors on the phone. There is an Android version as well, but I'm not familiar with it.
https://phyphox.org/
Code to interact with the device as well as the app source.
https://github.com/phyphox
-VR
At one point there were phyphox-ish apps that called themselfves tricorders, but they got shutdown. If you want special effects, look for Quadcorder on the iOS app store.
"They copied all they could follow, but they couldn't copy my mind,
And I left 'em sweating and stealing a year and a half behind."