A simpler and safer version of this would be something where you spin your phone and catch it right-side-up. Scoring could be done by counting the number of times this was done successfully in a row without catching it the wrong way or dropping it, or double-triple spins etc. I do this for fun all the time. So far, no drops on concrete.
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#72The Kinect has an accelerometer (to help it sense tilt, and find the floor normal).
I wanted a gaming achievement: "30 seconds in free fall". With a follow-up five minutes. The first one you might get using the Vomit Comet. The second probably requires significantly more expenditure.
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#73It should stream data via a socket realtime to a server somewhere. Then when your phone breaks, at least you get a new record.
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#74Actually, Sergey Brin made the same app and showed it at the Android G1 launch :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWwLZfVpCyU
I am quite surprised this isn't at the top.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple should ban this app. The amount of support it is going to eat up not to mention the headlines the tech press is going to write are not worth it. Selling an app that is basically designed to break the phone is just a really bad idea.
Apple rejected the app. Did you read the article?
Yes, I read the article and knew they banned the app before leaving my comment. I agree with their position and further added why. Should is often used as an agreement with an already taken position.
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#76It requires GPS. Crashes on my tablet. Also, see their Facebook. They publicly post GPS location of winners, together with StreetView. Is that stated in the app? It can be a privacy concern. com.carrotpop.www.smth E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requested provider gps doesn't exisit at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1429) at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parc…
They are assuming all Android devices have GPS. Is it common for tablets to have GPS?
btw, I see com.ansca.corona.CoronaSensorManager in the exception stack trace, suggesting this app was written in Lua using Ansca Corona.
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#77Is SMTH available for Google TV?
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#78Ok, the app's web service is rather prone to manipulation: You just need to HTTP GET the following URL: http://www.carrotpop.com/smth/php/save_result.php?id= &nickname= &country=&result= &latitude=0&longitude=0 * UID looks like an autoincrement ID * NICK is what you entered for the highscore * HEIGHT is the float value of the height in meters, i.e. "1.23" In the HTTP response, you get a data structure (not sure which…
With heights in the 50m range, it looks like it's already being manipulated
50m seems to be an artificially set limit.
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#79Business idea!
Put together a baseball with an accelerometer, a small digital display and maybe bluetooth as well.
Sell it to schools and individual athletes as a training device. You pitch and it tells you what the speed of the last pitch was. Connect it up to a computer and it will give you a graph of the velocity over time, allow you to track improvements in pitching and track users.
Or does such a thing already exist?
Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever
#80Business idea! Put together a baseball with an accelerometer, a small digital display and maybe bluetooth as well. Sell it to schools and individual athletes as a training device. You pitch and it tells you what the speed of the last pitch was. Connect it up to a computer and it will give you a graph of the velocity over time, allow you to track improvements in pitching and track users. Or does such a thing already e…
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