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		jerlam 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angl... Probably not as bad as the Smackbook, which used the HDD impact sensors to change apps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvQTTPr9Rw "I was just hitting the side of my laptop in order to go to Safari" No longer supported because we don't use HDDs anymore.

rootbear 5 months ago [–]

I always wanted to rig up a laptop that has an IMU to detect when it was in free fall and play the Wilhelm scream.

shmeeed 5 months ago | [–]

Great idea! Thinkpads (used to?) have an Active Protection System that used a Free Fall Sensor IMU to park the HDD read/write head in the event of a fall. Don't know if there's an API, though.

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