top | item 45161443 (no title) rootbear | 5 months ago I always wanted to rig up a laptop that has an IMU to detect when it was in free fall and play the Wilhelm scream. discuss order hn newest shmeeed|5 months ago Great idea! Thinkpads (used to?) have an Active Protection System that used a Free Fall Sensor IMU to park the HDD read/write head in the event of a fall. Don't know if there's an API, though.
shmeeed|5 months ago Great idea! Thinkpads (used to?) have an Active Protection System that used a Free Fall Sensor IMU to park the HDD read/write head in the event of a fall. Don't know if there's an API, though.
shmeeed|5 months ago