[LMB] [OT] How does it do that?

[Derry Thompson]

Ibis at ibarhis at gmail.com said on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:27:43 +0100

>A colleague of mine has just been sent a computer game - rather like
>downhill skiing... where the control mechanism is picking up and tilting the
>laptop.  It is very cool but, being non-techie but curious, how on earth
>does it do it?

Cos some modern laptops have motion sensors that will trigger a lock up
the hard drive if the laptop is dropped. Programmers have found other
cool uses for these sensors :)

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvQTTPr9Rw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog%
2Emedallia%2Ecom%2F2006%2F05%2Fsmacbook%5Fpro%2Ehtml>

Cheers

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Derry