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Title: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: BFG on May 25, 2006, 03:04:57 pm Possibly the best hack of the motion sensor in the macbook imaginable (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvQTTPr9Rw&search=macbook%20pro)
First time i saw this i was blown away, it really is unbelievably slick! Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: Mr. Lothario on May 27, 2006, 02:44:07 am Man, one more reason that the Apple laptops make my shorts happy.
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: |MP|Nomad on May 27, 2006, 05:41:29 am Yea, I saw this!!, no doubt Apple will make it so that it will be hardware dependant and not a firware thingy, you can DL and install on your current Mac. Just another way to convince people to buy a new Mac. Smart business...
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: BFG on May 27, 2006, 10:52:41 am Its just so damn slick though - i mean i thought the burger alarm one was kinda cool, but this is such an intuative way of switching desktops.. dunno how crazy folk would be about smacking their laptop heh but damn is it slick.
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: Mr. Lothario on May 27, 2006, 07:58:03 pm Noms: it's using the motion-detector hardware that comes in the newish Apple laptops.
BFG: It looked more like he was giving it gentle love taps. The motion-detector seems to be sensitive; there's no need to go all Ike & Tina on it. Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: *DAMN Hazard on May 27, 2006, 08:39:32 pm Niceeee hopefully I can get my hands on this for college
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: BFG on May 28, 2006, 10:29:44 am Pint taken loth, on reflection that was more of a gentle love spank, i stand corrected and mildy turned on ;)
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: Mr. Lothario on May 28, 2006, 09:01:34 pm That's what I like to hear.
I'll bring the oil. Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: theweakspot on May 31, 2006, 11:21:25 pm Quote Pint taken loth where did you take it? Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: Mr. Lothario on June 01, 2006, 06:49:53 am Wouldn't you like to know?
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: ~Po~ TiroFino on June 01, 2006, 09:41:21 am The 1st time I saw this I thought he had the screens "timed" to change... then he was faking they would change with the taps... You guys really think this is real? I'm still unsure.....
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: BTs_Mysterio on June 01, 2006, 01:40:45 pm No. There is a write up on how to make it work ([in video description]http://blog.medallia.com/smack) that seems authentic. I don't have a MacBook Pro to test it with, but it seems legitimate.
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: Mr. Lothario on June 02, 2006, 06:22:41 am There have been several games made to take advantage of the motion sensor in the MacBooks, and several tech demos as well. The technology is there to implement the SmackBook legitimately. It'd be silly to fake it.
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: BFG on June 06, 2006, 12:47:31 pm the Pint? Oh oops. erm yes well...
yeah tiro this one is legit mate, a friend of a friend has done it to his macbook pro apparently. Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: Kapiti on August 02, 2006, 08:30:09 am Macbook looks amazing..... It looks amazing. So im gonna get one soon.Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: ~Po~ TiroFino on August 02, 2006, 09:26:40 am Kapiti, thanks for reviving this topic... really great job!
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: BFG on August 02, 2006, 04:04:26 pm Yeah and such excellent input into an active and vibrant thread... congrats.
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: BTs_Mysterio on August 02, 2006, 05:05:44 pm We gonna tell him that the notebooks have a new processor sometime soon?
Title: Re: Check out the SmackBook!! Post by: BFG on August 02, 2006, 07:43:10 pm nope, we're going to lock the topic and pretend he didn't say anything!!
** Applies a gentle love tap thus locking the thread ** |