Comments on: My latest app project: 5K Race Timer /blog_archive/2013/05/26/my-latest-app-project-5k-race-timer/ iteration, making, building, and coding in education Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:38:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.6 By: Evan Weinberg /blog_archive/2013/05/26/my-latest-app-project-5k-race-timer/#comment-216 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:38:06 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=1500#comment-216 Hi Mina,

This is awesome – thanks for sharing. I knew I couldn’t be the first to have done something like this. We did exactly what you describe – multiple mobile devices sending data to a server through wireless. The issue we had was communication between the six students – they called out the runners they were putting into the system, but didn’t realize that they had called out the same runner until it was too late. It’s clear you’ve worked that one out on your team.

I’ll be sure to recommend your app to anyone that asks about the program. Good luck with the release of the app!

]]> By: Mina /blog_archive/2013/05/26/my-latest-app-project-5k-race-timer/#comment-215 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:47:24 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=1500#comment-215 Great job Evan,
I am a runner as well and my running club was suffering from the exact same problem. So being a computer developer, I developed a iphone/ipad app, RaceTimingApp, you can find it at http://www.racetimingapp.com/. This is a mobile race timer software. I solved the simultaneous bib entry problem you were talking about by running the app on multiple iphone devices and sending data to a server. We used it 4 times in our races so far and it worked like a charm. Each time we had two people with the iphones and the apps entering the data and we did not miss a single runner. We also implemented a feature to enter the race day registries. We usually get 30-40 people to register on the race day. The app will be available in the app store in two weeks. If anyone is interested, please email me at hooysum@gmail.com

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