So I recently got a Toshiba nb300 netbook and it comes with HDD protection software that will move the heads when the computer moves around a lot. I found out it uses an accelerometer to do this. Is there any way for me to use the accelerometer as an analog input for racing games and whatnot? It's a pretty light netbook so tilting the entire computer like a steering wheel would work pretty well.
It's not that sensitive.
You would probably have to do all the programming yourself, at least to make a standard HID so you can assign certain motions different keystrokes.
Just buy an iPad
[QUOTE=compwhizii;21869099]It's not that sensitive.[/QUOTE]
This. I highly doubt they would put something sensitive enough for what you intend when it's meant to do something very simple.
By all means, do try it though. Who knows, it might work somewhat.
[QUOTE=compwhizii;21869099]It's not that sensitive.[/QUOTE]
It might be have you ever seen the "Newton Virus" for mac.
[QUOTE=Sharker;21869148]Just buy an iPad[/QUOTE]
and a boat too. You have to be a dumb rich fuck, or a sad dad trying to be technically savvy to buy something as dumb as an iPad.
It might actually be sensitive enough for this. I remember some scientists experimenting with using a wide set of laptops running some software in order to detect earthquakes (should a large number register a similar shock at the same time, it's probably a quake, even if it's too small to feel).
I don't know what happened to that, so it may have turned out to be too imprecise. In any case, I don't know what software to use. GlovePIE, perhaps? Does it show up as a device of any sort?
There was a light saber program for some powerbooks that would use the hard drive accelerometer, though other than that I have no idea if other HDDs can do this. The software isn't as simple as installing a driver, since a hard drive isn't meant to act like one.
just a side question for antbody educated on the matter. But isn't it possible for the accelorometer to crash if you utilize it too much?
[QUOTE=windwakr;21869650]Wow, that's awesome.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBJQ5085kSo&feature=player_embedded[/media][/QUOTE]
Holy shit, i want one for my laptop.
Ahaha, that is just fucking amazing. But i call fake.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;21876822]Ahaha, that is just fucking amazing. But i call fake.[/QUOTE]
I want one for the library computers.
You can play Tux racer and Neverball using the accelerometer in a ThinkPad (aka IBM laptop) so I can't see why you couldn't do it with your netbook.
[url]http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/marksmith/sdl.html[/url]
That newton virus looks fucking awesome. If you can still do everything normally then it would be an extra challenge.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;21870020]It might actually be sensitive enough for this. I remember some scientists experimenting with using a wide set of laptops running some software in order to detect earthquakes (should a large number register a similar shock at the same time, it's probably a quake, even if it's too small to feel).
I don't know what happened to that, so it may have turned out to be too imprecise. In any case, I don't know what software to use. GlovePIE, perhaps? Does it show up as a device of any sort?[/QUOTE]
Is this the software you were talking about? [url]http://qcn.stanford.edu/[/url]
I'd love a Linux version of it. XD
[QUOTE=latin_geek;21876822]Ahaha, that is just fucking amazing. But i call fake.[/QUOTE]
It isn't.
[url]http://troika.uk.com/newtonvirus[/url]
Actually I had it - it's real.
[QUOTE=Sharker;21869148]Just buy an iPad[/QUOTE]
I can't tell if you're serious or not.
Either way, have a :v:
Newton virus looks awseome but how would you turn it off?
Want that virus. Plug it in to my macfag classmates's macs
Liquid mac is also pretty awesome. I've used it.
[QUOTE=cdlink14;21875173]just a side question for antbody educated on the matter. But isn't it possible for the accelorometer to crash if you utilize it too much?[/QUOTE]
I don't think it would crash. It runs all of the time anyways so it shouldn't be too prone to wear over time. I doubt it would break from shaking too much either considering that's what it's made to protect from.
There is an example here -> [url]http://www.itstud.chalmers.se/~liesen/joystick/[/url] that shows someone using the accelerometer in their Thinkpad and it shows his tests of the accelerometer and they look sensitive enough. I'm only a programming amateur and I don't know how to get input outside of files and the default keyboard so I don't think I'd be able to make an application on my own.
GlovePie looks like promising software, it already supports a lot of motion controllers that use accelerometers so here's hoping that it works.
The HDD accelerometer is pretty accurate. The software can show you the position of the hard drive in 3D (yaw, pitch, rotation). Only fucks up if one of those go beyond 90 or 180 degrees (I forgot).
[QUOTE=xboomguy;21897386]The HDD accelerometer is pretty accurate. The software can show you the position of the hard drive in 3D (yaw, pitch, rotation). Only fucks up if one of those go beyond 90 or 180 degrees (I forgot).[/QUOTE]
90 degrees, even our computers suffer from hated Gimbal lock!
Does anyone have a [B]working link[/B] for that newton virus? every link I have tried fails.
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;21948395]Does anyone have a [B]working link[/B] for that newton virus? every link I have tried fails.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://chodecircus.com/area51/[/url]
Nope sorry.
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