Hard Disks detect Tsunamis

[Ghryphen]

As part of their operation, hard disks measure vibrations in order to keep the read-write head of the disk on track. These measurements can be read from some hard disks. The Tsunami Harddisk Detector captures this vibration data and shares it with computers in other locations connected via a peer-to-peer network to determine whether an earth tremor is occurring.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/090706-pc-hard-disk-system-warns.html

[LimpBIT]

whoa, theres somethin new

[Infernus]

They can also be used for this.

[Hamma]

Pretty cool :eek:

[TX3RN0BILL]

They can also be used for this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvQTTPr9Rw).

Ah, finally conversion from typewriter to computer has been made alot easier! :lol: :rofl:

[Infernus]

Its just this quirky little thing for switching between windows on Spaces or Parallels.

[Derfud]

Using the same motion detector as what is used in the link that inf posted, there's also this.