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  1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

    Here's a fun app for you android folks: Sensor Sense. See what stuff you've got built into your handset.

    Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:39:16 UTC from web
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      @ceruleanspark I'll check it out.

      Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:40:27 UTC from web
      1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

        @purplephish20 Try the magnetometer. It's fascinating.

        Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:42:13 UTC from web
    2. scoot scoot

      @ceruleanspark Oh my god my phone can sense almost anything

      Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:44:48 UTC from web
      1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

        @scoot Is yours one of the phones with a barometer in it? The Nexus has the magnetometer, a bunch of acceleration sensors, a gyroscope and something that measures gravity.

        Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:45:40 UTC from web
        1. scoot scoot

          @ceruleanspark It has these http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/343109

          Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:49:03 UTC from web
          1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

            @scoot It DOES have a barometer! (The pressure sensor)

            Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:50:03 UTC from web
            1. scoot scoot

              @ceruleanspark Aha, I wasn't certain if that was what you meant. Yeah I dunno WHY it has that

              Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:50:49 UTC from web
              1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

                @scoot Because sensors are cool

                Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:52:26 UTC from web
              2. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

                @scoot What I want to know is why it'd need a gravity sensor. If it's solely for an easter egg in which your phone joyously declares itself to be in space if you go there then I approve wholeheartedly

                Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:53:19 UTC from web
                1. scoot scoot

                  @ceruleanspark Yeah that also seemed unneccessary but if it's so it can tell when it's in Space that is fantastic

                  Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:54:29 UTC from web
                  1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

                    @scoot http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorManager.html

                    Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:58:37 UTC from web
                    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                      @ceruleanspark "public static final float GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR_I"

                      Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 22:06:15 UTC from web
                      1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

                        @redenchilada I like the nerdiness implicit in "Death_Star_I"

                        Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 22:08:47 UTC from web
                    2. scoot scoot

                      @ceruleanspark "GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR"

                      Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 22:06:49 UTC from web
                2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                  @ceruleanspark How many games in the Play Store give achievements for playing them while in space? :o

                  Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:58:07 UTC from web
                  1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

                    @redenchilada The future: "You cannot use this app in your current location, as you only licensed it for use on earth"

                    Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 22:04:52 UTC from web
          2. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

            @scoot Put it in magnetic field mode and wave it over your running hard disk.

            Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:50:35 UTC from web
            1. scoot scoot

              @ceruleanspark Oh wow all the numbers just shot up

              Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:52:19 UTC from web
              1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

                @scoot The magnetometer is actually what the device uses as its internal compass, rather than using the comparatively complex GPS module just to find out what direction you're facing.

                Tuesday, 20-Aug-13 21:54:00 UTC from web