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Might be less than optimal compared to something like iCloud, but it's a pretty awesome example of technology that looks like magic. I'm thinking they're using
by chetan51 15y ago
Might be less than optimal compared to something like iCloud, but it's a pretty awesome example of technology that looks like magic.
I'm thinking they're using both your phone and computer's location + timing of accelerometer activation and spacebar hit to identify the phone and computer being bumped together.
Very neat.
- astrodust 15y agoIt could be key-down + key-up times to get two data-points for a match. The accelerometer would be able to compute the contact time.
- citricsquid 15y agoYou're half right, it's sockets + accelerometer. If you try hitting your phone against any hard surface and hitting the space bar at the same time it triggers the effect too. You can find the socket js in https://photos.bu.mp/static/js/bump.min.js https://photos.bu.mp/static/js/bump.min.js Space bar triggers POST (content:{"category":"Bump","action":"NoMatch","time":1334124838.48,"client_id":"a7g47710-e991-721f-8bb6-ea4013a22fb6","session_id":"1509c654180344aea5660a0349b0caaf"}).