Kind of like the IBM hard drive accelerometer knock applications (only in linux unfortunately).
Check out the link here if you haven't seen it before http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/knock-knock-whos-there.html Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dietz Proepper > Sent: Friday, 12 October 2007 5:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Some ideas for the accelerometer > > Hi, > > first, I'm new to this list, hello. > > Second, an the reason to subscribe ;-) I've got an idea for using the > accelerometer. If it came up before, sorry for the bandwidth. > > But now, for the real stuff. > The following scenario, you carry your phone in some pocket. Now it rings, > but you want it to get quiet quickly. What happens? You start digging for > your phone, struggle for the "get quiet" button. Wouldn't it be more > comfortable to simply knock at the pocket (and therefore the phone), > detect the acceleration of the shock and shut off the bell? I don't have a > Neo to try, but if the accelerometer is sensible enough to realize such an > event, it should be quite easy to implement I think. > If that works, making "knocking the phone" some kind of input event might > be the next logical step... > > What do you think? > > kindest regards, > Dietz Proepper > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
