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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by WorldPeas on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:25PM (#22470199)
What's stopping them from using a plastic ball? Would it be too light?
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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by tapland on Monday March 02, 2020 @10:09PM (#22471459)
I’d guess. High friction low weight and it might produce too many false negatives.
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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by nerfhammer on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @01:46AM (#22472362)
maybe you could push a plastic ball around with static
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