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MacSaber

by Scott McNulty May 20th 2006 at 2:00PM

MacSaber might be the coolest use of motion sensor in some Mac portables ever. Simply install this beta, and swing your MacBook (or other laptop) around. Suddenly your laptop is a laptop no longer, nay, it is a light saber!

I must admit that I almost threw my MacBook across the room fooling around with this, but boy is it fun.

[via Kottke]

Update: To clarify, to the right is a screenshot of the program running. Swing your MacBook around, and make sure your speakers aren't muted.

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The Amish Gangsta

Usually Star Wars + Mac = happiness, but this will just lead to a bunch of messed up hard drives.

The security alarm thing at least made sense to temporarily disable the feature that is put there to save your drive.

May 25 2006 at 2:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Florian

Well, Yet Another MacSaber Video . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLzF-Wm-NA

May 22 2006 at 10:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
yinyang

i managed to get this going without swinging my PowerBook around (1.67 Wide Screen), just by moving my mouse around (Logitech MX1000BT) the screen. i get the sound effect most of the time (about 80%). will have to try on my son's TiBook - he'll be very impressed if it works :)

May 21 2006 at 11:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LD

http://tinyurl.com/kgxhh

May 21 2006 at 8:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
EL

err, where to get this.......

May 21 2006 at 1:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Eric Carpenter

Anyone know where I can get a copy??

May 21 2006 at 1:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John

Ah well.. the site got slashdotted...

May 20 2006 at 9:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matty G

I should feel more geeky, I just got home with my new MacBook, and this was the first thing I downloaded.....

May 20 2006 at 6:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob Mc

I never felt more geeky than I do right now.

May 20 2006 at 4:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cameron aka desk003

#9 doesnt look like it works with my ibook either. It's the latest ibook model, can't remember if it's the first with sms or not.

It seems to latch onto my bt mouse and whenever i move the mouse it makes a sound.

May 20 2006 at 4:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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