Tag: ACCELEROMETER

Multi-tasking wasn't the only thing that got rolled out to the iPad in iOS 4.2, Safari also got an under the radar update. Mobile Safari now has improved HTML5 support with greater W3C future standards compliance, including WebSockets, improved SVG support and better JavaScript data-type implementation. On the whole that means better support for advanced Web-based systems and apps, but that's not ...

Google had originally pegged December 2010 for the first release of Chrome OS, but it's been looking like a fall release is now a safe bet. It's certainly netbook-ready at this point, though some missing features (like an on-screen keyboard) may mean that tablet devices arrive slightly later. Developers keep plugging ahead, however, and continue to work on tablet-friendly features. Two code ...

If your computer has an accelerometer in it, Firefox 3.6 will be able to detect when your computer is tilting to the left, right, front, or back. Accelerometers serve a number of purposes in laptops and tablets. In some cases, they can be used to shut down a hard drive if your computer is falling so that less damage occurs when your laptop hits the floor. But they can also be used to add ...

You might be able to get more use out of your accelerometer. That little component that recognizes which way your device is tilted - you can find one in the Macbook Pro and the iPhone, amongst others - is getting some love from the Firefox developers at Mozilla, who have just added orientation support to the latest trunk build of Firefox. While it may seem like it should be far from a top priority ...

This little Mac application is the definition of a time waster; it performs no real useful function, and yet we can't stop playing with it. It's not a game, as such, in that there is no goal and no score, but it sure is fun to play with. To see what we're talking about, you're going to need to be running a newish MacBook or MacBook Pro with an accelerometer built in. Got that? Good. So ...

For awhile now people have been coming up with novel uses for the Sudden Motion Sensor, the accelerometer that hides inside Apple laptops, but this is the first one I've seen for a non-Apple laptop: knockAge is a Linux program for IBM and ThinkPads that lets you control your system by physically knocking on the side of it. It lets you record unique sequences of knocks and then configure specific ...

As perhaps you've read, Powerbooks and iBooks have built-in accelerometers that they use to detect sudden motion, i.e. when you drop your laptop. The Party at the Center of the Universe is a fun attempt to do something useful—well, not entirely useful—with that data. If you install the Party client on your Powerbook or iBook, it'll plot the data from your accelerometer alongside data ...