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One way would be to have an accelerometer detect that the phone is falling, and have tiny spring-actuated bumpers, wires, or feet extend from the corners of the
by mitthrowaway2 1y ago
One way would be to have an accelerometer detect that the phone is falling, and have tiny spring-actuated bumpers, wires, or feet extend from the corners of the phone to catch its fall. Little stainless-steel or Nitinol wires would do great.
Here's a patent for the idea which just expired this year: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7059182B1/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US7059182B1/
Apple also patented some versions of this, although I think not as nice as the 2005 one: https://patents.google.com/patent/US9571150B2 https://patents.google.com/patent/US9571150B2
- esseph 1y agoCan't wait until the sensor is hacked and it becomes a remote controlled implement of pain.
- SoftTalker 1y agoBack when the early iPods actually contained a spinning hard drive, they had something similar. If it detected a fall, it would quickly park the hard drive to avoid damage.