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    Unnecessary Upgrades: Accelerometer-Controlled Marble Maze

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    Image of Margatron Margatron
    11/19/09

    In reply to Unnecessary Upgrades: Accelerometer-Controlled Marble Maze
    Love that music. I wish I could remember what movie it's from...

    Help me out, Gizmodians!
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    Image of unique172 unique172
    11/19/09

    In reply to Unnecessary Upgrades: Accelerometer-Controlled Marble Maze
    An accelerometer maybe a pointless in this case, but I gotta admit that I love the iphone version of this. It shows off the technology quite well.
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    Image of Mac the Tard Mac the Tard
    04/20/09

    In reply to iFighter Lite Lightning Review: Accelerator Controls Rock
    What you need to make those games totally awesome is a Force Feedback Accelerometer
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/20/09

    @bleuray vs. honeydijondvd: I wonder how difficult that would be to build. You'd need a spinning motor in the controller to generate angular momentum.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/20/09

    In reply to iFighter Lite Lightning Review: Accelerator Controls Rock
    It's only a matter of time before someone makes a Google maps version that lets you blow up your house, etc.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/20/09

    In reply to iFighter Lite Lightning Review: Accelerator Controls Rock
    I'm a bit spoiled by X Plane's graphics (it's a stellar app, especially the Airline version), but I'll give this a whirl.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/20/09

    In reply to iFighter Lite Lightning Review: Accelerator Controls Rock
    Definitely looks cool and is one of my favorite genres of games.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    04/04/09

    In reply to Nintendo Power Glove Updated With Accelerometer, Bluetooth, Irony
    This is the work of a talented and passionate fan.


    Well done!


    Now back to your gig on Flight of The Conchords!

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/04/09

    @strider_mt2k: Him n' you, bein' lewd, doin' stuff, with the food?


    Culinary win.

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    04/04/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: wot?
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    04/04/09

    In reply to Nintendo Power Glove Updated With Accelerometer, Bluetooth, Irony
    not to be rude, but if ever saw someone playing iphone boxing with a powerglove I would punch the living shit out of them.


    Not for being a douche and using a powerglove in public with an iphone, not for being an iphone user but for completely degrading and disrespecting the original powerglove by using it with a non Nintendo system.


    somethings just don't get messed with IMO.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/04/09

    @switchblade saints: "...if ever saw someone playing iphone boxing with a powerglove I would punch the living shit out of them."


    So long as you're also wearing a powerglove, perfectly appropriate behavior.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/17/09

    In reply to SIMSense Motion Detecting SIM Card: Drunk Dial Even When You Pass Out
    This reminds me of the episode of CHiPs where they issued packs to some of the officers which would rebroadcast their last "stop" radio call if they became vertical for a certain period of time. Grossman had the unit and started playing with a dog on the side of the road and everyone came running, which somehow lead to Ponch and Jon getting in a hang glider/Dune Buggy/Rollerskating/Wind-surfing/Huge Pick-up Truck to catch some criminals w/a freeze frame at the end.
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    Image of Samets Samets
    02/17/09

    In reply to SIMSense Motion Detecting SIM Card: Drunk Dial Even When You Pass Out
    FAIL.
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    Image of Epoch Epoch
    02/17/09

    @Samets: what, your post?

    agreed.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    02/17/09

    @Epoch: 'FAIL' is the new 'will it blend'.


    'Epic fail' also falls into this category.

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    Image of Epoch Epoch
    02/17/09

    @tande04: and let's not forget:

    "BUT WILL IT RUN CRYSIS??!!11!one!"
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/03/09

    In reply to iPhone's Accelerometer Translates Virtual Pour Into Real-World Beer
    For those who question its usefulness, this is just a proof of concept. Now that it works, it could easily be scaled up and replicated globally, so a single iPhone could pour not one but millions of beers simultaneously around the globe.


    It's possible that this device will mean no one will ever have to pour their own beer again themselves. Instead, one person (or Google) will be solely responsible for pouring all beer. To ensure compliance, the surface of beer bottles will be made poisonous to human hands, with bottles resting safely in devices like this one. Beer drinkers will submit proposals to the Beer Tsar who, if he approves, will remotely activate your drink. For anyone who enjoys beer, this is the holy grail we've been waiting for.

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    Image of sxr7171 sxr7171
    01/03/09

    @frigg: Yes "activate" your drink which has been sitting in an open poisonous bottle since it was made.


    On a more serious note, I'm all for people coming up with things, but that was the worst accelerometer control I have ever seen. Do you have to turn the phone all the way before it even starts to pour? Then it just drops the entire bottle's contents in about a second. The accelerometer is sensitive enough to control things like remote control cars.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/03/09

    @frigg: And then the robots kill us with lack of beer.


    Centralizing beer control, even in the name of preventing spilled beer, is a recipe for disaster. It's bad enough that the robots have invaded every nook and cranny of our homes (and possibly English muffins) from the fridges in our kitchens to the beer fridges in our living rooms to the washing machines that Twitter us from afar.


    To let the robots control our inebriation is wrongheaded and stupid.


    !Viva la drunken resistance!!

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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    01/03/09

    @sxr7171: The reason that it is not sensitive enough is that he's using the orientation javascript event, not the accelerometer as his input.


    And, I agree it's a terrible implementation. He'd be better off using the multitouch rotation gesture to get some fine grained control.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/03/09

    In reply to iPhone's Accelerometer Translates Virtual Pour Into Real-World Beer
    If anyone needs me, I'll be over here.


    Drinking real beer instead of screwing around with an iPhone app.

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    Image of Jeff Wulff Jeff Wulff
    01/03/09

    In reply to iPhone's Accelerometer Translates Virtual Pour Into Real-World Beer
    I just don't understand how this could be useful. It successfully pours the beer. After the pour, it's one big cup of foam.
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    Image of snoop-blog snoop-blog
    01/03/09

    @Jeff Wulff: So you're saying this device gives good head?
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