If you are a chemical engineer or chemical engineering student are using iPhone, let me introduce to you a superb iPhone application that I believe will be very useful and handy...
"NIOSH Chemical Hazards Pocket Guide for iPhone"
This chemistry/chemical engineering iphone application is developed by a company called ThatsMyStapler, a company from Canada. It's too bad that I don't use an iPhone (I really want to use one now...anyone want to sponsor me?). Since I have not use the application, I can't really provide my insight on this product. However, here is some part of the press released with regard to the new Chemical Hazards Pocket Guide...
Edmonton, CA Mar 26, 2010[prMac.com] Edmonton, Canada - ThatsMyStapler today is pleased to announce the release of the NIOSH Chemical Hazards Pocket Guide for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch.
"There are now several implementations of the NIOSH Pocket Guide (NPG) in various forms available in Apple's online store, but our application has a pleasing native interface and features we believe users will appreciate the first time they use it" said Steven Farkas, president of ThatsMyStapler.
"The iPhone is very capable of reading many PDFs and HTML pages available on the internet, but we have found that quite often there is a fair bit of panning, pinching and zooming required to read files intended for PC Desktops. Users will find the information and ancillary references in this NPG reformatted to an easy readable format set to the iPhone's display."
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Chemical Hazards Pocket Guide provides a concise source of general industrial hygiene information for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. The industrial hygiene information found in the Pocket Guide assists users to recognize and control occupational chemical hazards. As a fully tested and recommended application by Laboratory Safety personnel, users will find it easy to use with full use of the iPhone's native look and feel throughout.
Feature Highlights:
* Fully indexed and searchable chemical list by name, CAS# or RTECS#
* Full text of all referenced DOT Emergency Response Guides
* Viewable International Chemical Safety Cards (PDF)
* All NIOSH appendices
* Saved History of previously viewed Chemicals
* Native iPhone look & feel throughout
* No Internet connection required
Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later
* 21.6 MB
Pricing and Availability:
ThatsMyStapler's NIOSH Chemical Hazards Pocket Guide 1.0 is now available from Apple's App Store at the introductory price of $4.99 (USD) in the US and Canada.
Good News!!!If you want to have this super cool application, I have workout with MyStapler to give away 10 NIOSH Chemical Hazards Pocket Guide 1.0 free of charge. You can get it and use it straight away in your iPhone.
How can you get it?
All you need to do is simple leave a comment under this post. Just share with us what you think about this application. I have 10 coupons (that can make you get this application free) which is valid for 30 days starting from today. For the first 5 people who leave the comment (regardless you have an iphone or not), I'll email you one coupon each. After that, I'll post all 10 codes here in this post for others to grab.
For further information on iPhone's NIOSH Chemical Hazards Pocket Guide application, please visit: http://www.thatsmystapler.com/npg/
More products to come
Thatsmystapler representative have informed me that they are working on 2 more applications that are closely related to us, chemical engineers. I don't want to reveal their projects right here right now. If you want to get updated on their upcoming projects, stay tune with Chemical Engineer World blog (this blog).
p/s: Steve, thanks for giving me the opportunity to share this powerful information here.