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shakin'

Samsung M3510 Music Cellphone to Have Shake, Tilt Control

Some information has leaked out about Samsung's upcoming M3510 music-player cellphone, and it looks like it'll have some accelerometer-driven control built-in. A bit like the ShakeSMS app for Nokia phones and the Sansa Shake MP3 player, the M3510 will let you shake it in different directions and turn it around to control the music player and other apps. Other than that it's a 0.39-inch deep candybar, with 2-inch screen, 2-megapixel camera and FM radio, and it'll cost somewhere between $310 and $390 when it's released. [Unwiredview]

9:15 AM on Mon Jul 7 2008
By Kit Eaton
641 views, 1 comment

Latest by ANoel: Does it have a violent shake STFU-mode ? more »

diy

DIY G-Force Meter Turns Your Civic Into Top Gun

Perfect for Speed Racers and out-of-control Soyuz capsules, this DIY personal G-force meter attaches to your dashboard and enhances the driving experience when a mere speedometer won't do. The device measures acceleration/tilt on one axis and attaches to the windshield of your Porsche Honda Civic with a few suction cups. Three 7-Segment LED displays show instantaneous acceleration measurement to two decimal accuracy. Watch designer Chris build the meter in rhythm to techno music and pull a paltry 0.6 G's while braking after the jump. More »

10:15 AM on Sun Apr 27 2008
By Jack Loftus
6,839 views, 15 comments

Latest by ORryOwl: I really hate that these DIY's are always made with unnecessary music that would cause people to question my sexuality if played at a certain volume more »

gadgets

Drive Recorder Is Honda's Car Black Box

Honda's Drive Recorder will detect impacts and save information for the 12 seconds before and 8 seconds afterwards, aircraft black-box-style: forward-view imagery, along with sound and data on speed and deceleration rates all get stored on an SD card in its main unit, ready to be uploaded to a PC. More »

6:30 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,872 views, 6 comments

nokia

ShakeSMS Lets You Shake Your Nokia to Read Text Messages

Shaking a phone to read text messages is as intuitive as swiping your finger across the screen to unlock it, but once you're trained it becomes second nature. In this case, ShakeSMS is an app for Nokia phones that lets you jostle your phone to view an incoming SMS. Jigger it again to go back to the home screen. That's pretty much all the app does, but it does it well. [ShakeSMS via Phonemag]

2:30 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Jason Chen
4,228 views, 16 comments

clips

Fun With the iPhone's Accelerometer

A guy claims that he's figured out how to use the iPhone's accelerometers to do wacky stuff and games such as the ones shown in the video. Real? Or fancy video editing? We'll find out soon, since he promised to post the source in his blog. [Medallia]

7:50 PM on Mon Aug 27 2007
By Jason Chen
9,768 views, 20 comments

rumor has it

Apple Patent Watch: Apple to Turn iPhone and MacBook Into Crime Fighters

A recently discovered patent filed by Apple in 2004, seems to point to a new feature that could help protect your portable electronics from getting stolen. More »

2:20 PM on Thu May 17 2007
By blongo3
1,064 views, 11 comments

gadgets

Energy Efficient, Mightier Mouse?

Apple recently filed a patent for a "hybrid low power computer mouse". What does this mean? Luckily, a certain barely literate Gizmodo weekend writer read through what looked to be the entire patent text so you wouldn't have to. More »

12:15 PM on Sat Dec 30 2006
By Mark Wilson
1,087 views, 18 comments