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Programmer’s Challenge: Turn a PowerBook Into an Etch-a-Sketch

Guile made a brilliant suggestion in the comments to yesterday’s article on programming the motion sensor in the latest generation of PowerBooks: write an app that reboots the machine if you turn it upside-down and shake it, the way you would when erasing an Etch-a-Sketch! (Alternately, you could make that motion simply empty the Trash.)

Mac hackers — get to work!

Joey deVilla

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  • I think creating a contest for the possible application of the technology is an obvious idea...

    A further manipulation of sound, e.g. changing the pitch of a melody, could be a choice - but I'm sure there are many other things to come from this.

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