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I'm curious what your use case is for such a specific combo of sensors. Most of these devices are meant for use on standard consumer laptops (as in most other s
by sweetjuly 4y ago
I'm curious what your use case is for such a specific combo of sensors. Most of these devices are meant for use on standard consumer laptops (as in most other situations a regular mini microcontroller dev board is more than suitable), but I can't imagine wanting to shake my laptop and know the temperature ;)
- dheera 4y agoFor one, it makes their sensor suite equal to what mobile phones have. The IMU can be used alongside the camera for visual-inertial mapping and navigation, the barometer could be used for localization across floors of a building (yes the barometers in a phone are good enough to pick up on a couple meters' pressure difference), the IMU can also be used for shake-related gestures e.g. ignoring sporadic mouse movements when you're using a laptop in a car, they can be used for gestures e.g. slapping the laptop left and right to switch virtual workspaces, ...
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoIf you were willing to have a chain or giant sandwich hanging off your laptop you could probably cobble that together with an Adafruit Trinkey and the sensors along the lines of this: https://learn.adafruit.com/diy-trinkey-no-solder-air-quality-monitor https://learn.adafruit.com/diy-trinkey-no-solder-air-quality... (might not be too terrible velcro'ed to the lid...)
- VectorLock 4y agoFor devices like the Somu I could see it be useful for locking the device if a certain shock occurred. For example, someone snatched my laptop at the coffee shop. Something Ross Ulbricht probably wishes he would have had.
- ayewo 4y agoSorry about your loss but where was this? Is theft around public places like a coffee shop now a thing?
- VectorLock 4y ago"Laptop snatched at Starbucks" is a security incident scenario people frequently plan for. And it worked out REALLY bad for Ross.