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Apple has a patent[0] for a fall-protection system that will rotate the phone while it's in the air. If something like that could be made small enough to fit i
by Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
Apple has a patent[0] for a fall-protection system that will rotate the phone while it's in the air. If something like that could be made small enough to fit into a die, that would work.
The biggest challenge will probably be the power supply. I'm sure that a processor, accelerometer, and the Taptic Engine (the thing that provides vibration and haptic feedback in Apple devices) are all small enough to fit in a typical die. Of course, something like this could easily be built into a larger novelty die.
Bonus points should be awarded if the die is perfectly balanced when it's not actively adjusting itself in mid-air.
[0] http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/12/02/apple-patents-active-fall-protection-system-that-shifts-iphones-in-midair http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/12/02/apple-patents-acti...
- xori 9y agoOh my god, you totally could use reaction wheels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_6p-1J551Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_6p-1J551Y
- Mister_Snuggles 9y agoWow - that is cool!
- michaelbuckbee 9y agoThat's really clever - I've been wondering how small and quiet you could make such a device. Can you imagine how cool it would be to have one of those attached to a VR controller? You'd be able to get real (albeit slight) resistance when you interacted with things.