Keyglove is an Arduino and AVR-powered device that also incorporates an accelerometer to control mouse movements.
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Startup Fitbit makes a thumb-size, accelerometer- equipped device that tracks users' steps, sleep and calories burned.
It's got an accelerometer, proximity and ambient light sensors, a magnetometer and a gyro, too.
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For instance, gaming on the phone is pretty much abysmal save for a few accelerometer-based titles.
The data from accelerometer inside your phone could tell it if you are walking, running or driving.
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At low speeds, an accelerometer determines the position of the lights by reading the pull of gravity.
There was even an accelerometer sensor that allowed the phone to protect itself if you dropped it.
Anti-spying pro-tip: The accelerometer trick only works if the phone is in close quarters with your keyboard.
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The original micro machine motion sensor, technically known as an accelerometer, was introduced for air-bag deployment in 1991.
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As you might expect, the wearable touts Bluetooth for connecting to your smartphone and an accelerometer for tracking purposes.
It is also fitted with an accelerometer, to automatically switch from landscape to portrait, or just to change hands.
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Everything from the 120MHz Cortex-M3 MCU to the three-axis accelerometer and the Bluetooth radio was on a single board.
The robot ball itself is equipped with a gyroscope, accelerometer and Blu-tooth sensor.
Featuring bark identification technology that uses innovative accelerometer technology, the BarkLimiter is able to distinguish between barking and other vocalizations.
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This means a single analog input of the microcontroller is shared among all the input channels (except the 3-axis accelerometer).
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Similarly, Smart Alert will display any missed calls or notifications when you pick up the phone, using the built-in accelerometer.
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The MOVband uses the same technology that most more expensive pedometers do: a 3D accelerometer in a solid state chipset.
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Utilising the accelerometer of your smartphone the appBlaster v.2 app allows the game to rotate, and moves as you do.
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The Caliber Advantage incorporates the accelerometer features of the iPhone while adding all of the benefits of a traditional gaming controller.
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Other days it was clear upon reviewing sleep data that the accelerometer inside just can't differentiate between laziness and actual sleep.
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One example is Apple allowing HTML5 apps to also access the accelerometer (which allows for motion and directional input) on the iPhone.
Bluetooth and NFC (two features common in phones but not lower-priced tablets) are included here, as well as a gyroscope and accelerometer.
Using a 3D accelerometer, the eLECT analyzes terrain with a 0.2 second window to adjust to how bumpy or smooth your ride is.
Boasting a 7in HD display, and an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, gyroscope and accelerometer, the Nexus 7 is ideally suited to gaming.
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According Georgia Tech researchers, that common scenario could let hackers record almost every sentence you type, all thanks to your smartphone's accelerometer.
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The accelerometer interprets the joy stick so targeting is as fast, as it would be with a joystick and about the same effort.
Bluetooth 4.0 would allow connection to other devices and an accelerometer, gyroscope and pedometer could make the watch a training tool for athletes.
Twine itself is a block of plastic containing an accelerometer (which senses motion or vibration), a temperature sensor and a processor much like Botanicalls.
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Palm also limits devs to a 4Hz sampling of raw accelerometer data, far short of the 20Hz minimum required for games utilizing tilt control.
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By combining its three axis gyroscope with its three axis accelerometer, the newest iPhone is expected to reach a new level of sensitivity for apps.
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