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

[Ibis]

Thanks for the speedy response!

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On 11/08/06, Derry Thompson <derry at gloderworks.com> wrote:
>
> 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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