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Control your computer by whacking it

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 ...