One of the reasons I signed up to develop for the iPhone:
Accelerometers are so cool. And I don't just say that because I'm a physicist.
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This has been on my list for quite some time. Really, it must be since i posted about measuring acceleration in free fall with an iphone.
Today's Links Dump came late because I was at the meeting of the APS's Committee on Informing the Public. We apologize for the inconvenience, but I was too busy acquiring this critically important scientific data:
So, I built a new accelerometer. Why? The jelly-jar one was just not doing it for me. Plus, the cork was starting to make the water all yellowy. It was a good start, but I can do better. What was wrong with the jelly-jar one?
Over at Uncertain Principles, Chad is talking football. There's this pesky problem of spotting the ball at the end of the play.