Re: [NTLK] GPS and Laptops/OT

At 3:22 PM +1100 3/24/06, Michael Beale wrote:
>Laptops available for use are g4 500MHz and pismo 400 Mhz both running in
>OSX 10.3.9. I also have access to an old Wallstreet g3 250MHz. This also
>can run in osx. I considered getting a laptop with inbuilt accelerometer
>to protect the hard-disk, however I have not found any leads about
>accessing signal from these inbuilt accelerometers and logging the data.
>
>Any suggestions on how I could get these elements together?
>
>If I don't hear from anyone then I know I was mistaken.

Amit Singh at kernelthread figured out how to hack the Sudden Motion
Sensor (SMS accelerometer) and as far as I know he's still the leader
in hacking it. He's now figured out how to get a current PowerBook to
output video in portrait mode based on the configuration input it
gets from the SMS.

<http://www.kernelthread.com/blog/archives/000036.html>

But you'll need newer hardware for this. Any of the later iBook or
PowerBook models will work.

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