[Python-talk] N95 Python Accelerometer Demo

Ted Roche e-mail addresses are not shown in archives
Tue Feb 5 14:02:51 EST 2008


Christopher Schmidt wrote:

> The ball.py example uses the arrow keys to move a ball around the
> screen. Instead, I wanted to tilt the screen to do it.
> 
> The result came out reasonably well: I even used the webcam on the eeepc
> to put together a little video..."
>

That's remarkably responsive and life-like. Cool!

> http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/299/accelball-python-n95-accelerometer-demo/
> 
> (It's even successfully entertained my 7 year old for whole minutes at a
> time.)

Which says a lot, with jaded 7-year-olds these days!

So, what's the next goal with the accelerometer? Wii replacement? Flight 
simulator? :)


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