May 25, 2006

Smackbook Pro

This is so cool..

These guys have used the internal accelerometer of the MacBook Pro - which detects when the MacBook is flying through the air and tries to stop the harddrive before it hits the ground - to allow one to change virtual desktops with a tap
on the side of the screen.

Looks gentle enough not to damage any hinges.

I really like the hack..

(Credit to a co-worker for pointing it out to me)

Posted by artandscience at May 25, 2006 12:20 PM
Implementation of James Seng's security plugin: