Playing with MacSabber has been so fun that we here at SvenOnTech lost all hope of being productive and went searching for more fun Sudden Motion Sensor (SMS) applications. Boy did we find some good stuff.
We found this great widget that turns your SMS Mac into a full out level. Now you’ll be able to tell if that table at Starbucks is truly leveled while surfing SvenOnTech. Carpenter’s Level Dashboard Widget is probably the most fun and honestly the most useful widget we have! (Ya, most of our widgets are games.)
Speaking of games, we found another SMS program that turns your Mac notebook into a full out game. Literally. Bubblegym is the first tilt-sensitive game for any notebook, ever. You use your PowerBook (yes, the old-skool notebook only) to move pieces of fruit around the screen and get it through the shrinking goal. Seems fun, but if you’re a MacBook or MacBook Pro user, you have to use your arrow keys and, aah, no fun. (We hope for an update soon!)
If you’re interested in other SMS applications, take a spin over to William Computer Blog. He has a great list of such programs, including the ones we’ve listed, for your enjoyment.
I can hear Ben saying it now, “Luke. Use your Mac. Uuuuuse your Mac!” Yup, I’m using my Mac and the Dark Side can’t even touch me. Get your stinking PC away, ’cause I’ve got MacSaber!
Using Star Wars light saber sounds with every sudden move your MacBook or MacBook Pro makes, MacSaber will have everyone looking at you when you brush the nice aluminum notebook of yours. Vader, aka a Dell Inspiron, can’t even show up to the match since that aged and cruddy operating system Windows XP has no equivalent to crash light cutting swords against one another. Nope, it’s just Mac to Mac fights, people.
If you’re interested in the roll, tilt, and force your Sudden Motion Sensor feels, MacSaber will let you know that important information as well. There is even a convenient button to enable and disable your MacSaber with which simulates the light saber being deactivated or readied for a duel.
We love the MacBook and MacBook Pros new Sudden Motion Sensor that helps prevent hard drive damage and data loss if your Mac falls off the table or from your lap from those moving quickly to prevent burns on their legs. Of course we love it for the protection, but we also love it for all the cool programs that are coming out for them. One new application is SeisMac.
According to the developer, Suitable Systems, SeisMac is a, “Cocoa application that makes your MacBook or MacBook Pro into a seismograph. It access your laptop’s Sudden Motion Sensor in order to display real-time, three-axis acceleration graphs.”
The freeware app will show you in real-time any vibration occurring from the simple tap of your foot to a sudden jolt to your table which holds your precious Mac. It’s a fun little thing to just have running on your Mac and since it’s free, why not download it?
[Via MacMegasite]