Nerds Going Through the Motions

As you might have guessed, some of us that love blogs are nerds. But maybe you need proof.

If you're a Mac user, you've probably seen MacSaber, a little application that uses the motion sensor in recent MacBooks ot make lightsaber noises. You know, for Star Wars geeks with fancy laptops. Matt Haughey probably had the best use of the app, with his video tribute to the Star Wars kid. (More here.)

The good news is, it gets far, far geekier than that. Our own Tatsuhiko Miyagawa started with a Thinkpad Saber application, taking advantage of the the similar tilt function in the PC laptops. However, he's just posted something even better: A tilt interface to Google Maps. It takes a little bit of tweaking to get it running, but once you're set up, it's a nice feeling being able to fly through your maps just by tilting your laptop. And if you don't feel like geeking out that much, you can just watch the video to get a feel for how it works. May the Force be with you.