I did NOT know the motion sensors on my phone were THIS precise, that’s surprising
There was a project from 15 years ago where you could put an iPhone on a desk and if someone was typing, you could determine the keys being pressed via the accelerometer in the phone.
The original page seems to have died but you can still find the HN entry here; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3203402
Found the original article on the archive.org
https://web.archive.org/web/20111021122406/https://www.wired...
There was a project from 15 years ago where you could put an iPhone on a desk and if someone was typing, you could determine the keys being pressed via the accelerometer in the phone.
The original page seems to have died but you can still find the HN entry here; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3203402
Found the original article on the archive.org
https://web.archive.org/web/20111021122406/https://www.wired...