Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Silicon MacBooks via iokit

Re:Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Sili... by seductivebarry on Friday February 20, 2026 @02:38AM (#47084901)

Way back in ~2008 I wrote the Newton Virus https://www.everita.com/how-the-newton-virus-was-made + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh75j6OHhRc (sorry for the broken images, need to update that site). Between that and using a hidden API to take screenshots of each individual element on your desktop (from icons, to taskbar, to windows) the effect was pretty believable. One of the most fun (and frustrating) projects I ever worked on.

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Re:Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Sili... by swiftcoder on Friday February 20, 2026 @03:47AM (#47085385)

Offtopic, but I have nostalgic feelings for the era of MacBook in the video

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Re:Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Sili... by tmslnz on Friday February 20, 2026 @03:26AM (#47085252)

Troika! Hello from a friend in London :)

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Re:Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Sili... by outadoc on Friday February 20, 2026 @08:22AM (#47087726)

I've tried to find this for so long. I remember seeing it at the time as a teenager and thinking it was SO COOL. Basically made me discover Apple and want a Mac. :)

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Re:Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Sili... by directmusic on Friday February 20, 2026 @08:38AM (#47087889)

When I saw the post the Newton Virus was the first thing I thought of. Thanks for making it. I remember showing my family the video and remarking about how cool it was.

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