Pointless....But Fun

[Dronecatcher]

Came across this today - software that illustrates the sudden motion sensor embedded in the last iBooks and Powerbooks:

http://osxbook.com/software/sms/

 

[1042686]

Now wouldn’t that be fun if that ibook lived on a boat

 

[AphoticD]

Very cool. I wonder how this could be made into something useful...

 

[bjar]

Very cool. I wonder how this could be made into something useful...

I think a while back researchers wanted to create a network of Mac laptops to detect earthquakes. I remember reading about it. Not sure what became of it though.

Edit: Quake Catcher Network. And it looks like it started in 2008 and used Macbook pros. Still cool though and probably similar hardware.

 

[1042686]

Downloading this on my PB this afternoon, since I’ve always wanted to live on a house boat.

 

[dbdjre0143]

That's pretty neat. I saw on the site that there was software to use the sensor as a general interface device. Would be pretty funny to see some sort of Accelerometer-based game running on an ibook.

 

[reukiodo]

Couldn't this be exposed through the web browser? I think there are javascript calls that allow websites to access the accellerometer on mobiles.

 

[Slix]

I don't see it on the list you posted, but my cousin way back around 2008 had an application that showed particles/balls that would bounce around the screen and move based on how the laptop was tilted. Anyone know what that one was called?