i want one of those new powerbooks [update]

Saturday, Mar 5, 2005 | 1 minute read | Updated at Saturday, Mar 5, 2005

the newest revision of apples powerbooks features an accelerometer, that detects if you drop the powerbook and parks the hard disc heads (a thing already found on older ibm-machines). now a guy figured out how to tap into the accelerometer and use it to display all kind of funky stuff (e.g. a window is fixed in space, while the powerbook rotates). this led another guy to program a python script whith which you can control itunes. just give your powerbook a mild slap on the head and it switches to the next song. i see some really funky stuff coming up for those powerbooks….

[via fscklog ]

**update: **someone already did program a game for the tilt sensors . let the fun begin.

[via the unofficial apple weblog ]