MacSaber: Turn Your Mac Into A Jedi Weapon
UPDATE: Version 1.1 is now available.
Now that you’ve spent entirely too much money on your fancy sudden motion sensor equipped Mac laptop, I predict you’ll soon be swinging it around like a loon.
Introducing MacSaber. Using your Mac’s sudden motion sensor, this software turns your computer into a Jedi weapon almost worthy of taking on the real thing by making authentic lightsaber sound effects. It senses speed for the lightsaber movement sounds and acceleration for different levels of striking sounds.
This beta is not yet compatible with the motion sensors in older Mac laptops, but I understand you can move the window arond to get the idea.
Update: Thanks go to Sak from Lot23 for the fancy icon!
May 20th, 2006 at 1:24 am
This is seriously badass. Now only if my PowerBook came in purple.
May 20th, 2006 at 3:32 am
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May 20th, 2006 at 5:37 am
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May 20th, 2006 at 6:34 am
awesome! what fun!
May 20th, 2006 at 9:33 am
Would be great, if it’s working on the iBooks with SMS!
May 20th, 2006 at 10:29 am
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May 20th, 2006 at 11:21 am
i dont get it. how is it a light saber? how do i use it? i just dont get it.
May 20th, 2006 at 11:33 am
It doesn’t seem to be working well with my PowerBook (15″, 1.5Ghz, BT 2.0)…I think I remember hearing about the way the SMS is accessed changed between the PowerBook revisions (Normal to HiRes), maybe that has something to do with it?
May 20th, 2006 at 11:41 am
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May 20th, 2006 at 11:46 am
OMG! This is such a must have… now I can have fun deflecting phaser fire!
May 20th, 2006 at 11:47 am
It’s not compatible with older motion sensors installed in 12″ PowerBooks and ‘05 iBooks. Feature request, feature request!
May 20th, 2006 at 11:49 am
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May 20th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
Holy cow, this is sweet. When I bash my powerbook into a wall, I’ll be justified to get a MacBook Pro
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May 20th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
i don’t get it, it doesn’t work on my powerbook 17″ (HiRes). I swung my PB around like hell, it still doesn’t work…
May 20th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
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May 20th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
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May 20th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
This is the best thing ever. Thanks! My wife was crackin up seeing me wave around my macbook pro.
May 20th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
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May 21st, 2006 at 12:32 am
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May 21st, 2006 at 12:34 am
My daughter declared this the geekiest thing evar. But she still had to swing my MacBook Pro around like a young Jedi and frighten our gecko with Giant Insect Noises.
May 21st, 2006 at 12:46 am
I’m surprised at all the people who say “this doesn’t work with (insert older model here)”… Didn’t they read the line right above the “download” link before they clicked it? What if it said “will erase hard drives of non-intel laptops”… Oh the horror that would ensue.
May 21st, 2006 at 12:56 am
maak van een PB een jedizwaard
isnoop heeft een leuk speeltje gemaakt
waarmee je je powerbook omtovert
tot een heus jedizwaard.
maar het leukste zijn nog de reacties.
…
May 21st, 2006 at 1:02 am
Oh my god, this is fun!
May 21st, 2006 at 1:08 am
Careful guys. Don’t let it slip from your hands during a swing…
May 21st, 2006 at 1:18 am
This is great!
It would be cool if it could interface with the IR port, so when two macs’ IR port suddenly found each other, it would sound like two sabers meeting.
That way, you could have an opponent use a TV-remote control, and it would make a sound when the “sabers” met.
May 21st, 2006 at 1:19 am
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May 21st, 2006 at 1:42 am
Umm, small question. That sensor is AFAIK there to trigger a system protect your harddisk from bumps and knocks. How many emergency parks can your harddisk handle before it goes wrong? Some jerk out there will screw up, at which point you may get sued so make sure your disclaimers are rock solid. Having said that, I really like the IR port idea above..
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May 21st, 2006 at 2:53 am
You should see the exploitation of SMS for Neverball on http://www.kernelthread.org - He did this loooooong before…
May 21st, 2006 at 2:56 am
Doesn’t work on my PowerBook 12″, it reacts to touchpad motion instead of SMS… SMS is guaranteed to work on this laptop, some time ago I found a demo using it… Please fix it, I want to slash enemies with my laptop!
May 21st, 2006 at 3:05 am
Peter said: [You should see the exploitation of SMS for Neverball on http://www.kernelthread.org - He did this loooooong before…]
Mmmkay…
And it was apparently so successful that he forgot to renew his domain name registration. Loser.
You have no idea how stupid you look right now.
May 21st, 2006 at 3:57 am
that small picture is so funny,
give him a macbook!!
May 21st, 2006 at 4:02 am
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May 21st, 2006 at 4:39 am
When I get my MacBook, I’ll easily be identified as a dark force user! Yes, the BlackBookSaber :D
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May 21st, 2006 at 7:13 am
I am surprised nobody mentionned it, but the perfect device to do such a lightsaber simulation is the… Wiimote ! The Wii controller will have sensors of course, but also a built-in speaker that could emit lightsaber sounds !
May 21st, 2006 at 7:20 am
Careful guys. Don’t let it slip from your hands during a swing…
more geek points to the first (documented) case of a destroyed laptop.
May 21st, 2006 at 7:39 am
hey guys i agree with Gitsybit, “when two macs’ IR port suddenly found each other, it would sound like two sabers meeting” That would be a great update for version 1.01…
(i’m just saying, that would be fun)
May 21st, 2006 at 7:39 am
MacSaber is pretty cool
I hope there will be SMS games soon
imagine … swing around your MacBook to play Pong …
May 21st, 2006 at 8:18 am
Isn’t it dangerous to be swinging the system around? I mean, not only if you should drop it… but (I’m not that familiar with the new MacBooks) isn’t shock/motion something generally avoided with a computer? Are they rated to withstand more shock and abuse than most systems?
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May 21st, 2006 at 8:42 am
Well if that doesnt f*ck up the hard drive, i don’t know what will.
May 21st, 2006 at 8:43 am
YouTube videos here:
http://youtube.com/results?search=macsaber&search_type=search_videos&search=Search
May 21st, 2006 at 8:53 am
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May 21st, 2006 at 9:06 am
Hmm, doesn’t seem to work on my 15″ powerbook… It just reacts to the mouse cursor instead
May 21st, 2006 at 9:17 am
It always stays at high, constant values for roll & tilt for me and never changes. Is my sensor broken? I have a Powerbook 12in, latest revision.
May 21st, 2006 at 9:17 am
Peter said: [You should see the exploitation of SMS for Neverball on http://www.kernelthread.org - He did this loooooong before…]
Jason B said: [And it was apparently so successful that he forgot to renew his domain name registration. Loser.
You have no idea how stupid you look right now. ]
Bite the guy’s head off, why don’t you… He mistyped the URL. Took me
May 21st, 2006 at 9:18 am
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Bite the guy’s head off, why don’t you… He mistyped the URL. Took me
May 21st, 2006 at 9:19 am
(oh, not max content length .. I typed < without escaping it)
Bite the guy’s head off, why don’t you… He mistyped the URL. Took me less than 5 seconds to get http://www.kernelthread.com/ from google. The Neverball app is in the “OS X Book” section. Try being less of an ass next time.
May 21st, 2006 at 9:59 am
so?
What to look ‘chic’ and make stupid noises buy a Mac.
want a proper laptop. buy Microsoft
May 21st, 2006 at 9:59 am
Damn, i tried this on my G5 desktop and it doesn’t work - there must be something wrong with the software. A G5’s the same as a MacBook Pro right? Didn’t even work on my PowerBook 540!
p.s. god there are a lot of REALLY STUPID people posting on this forum.
May 21st, 2006 at 10:07 am
Hey ! Pretty cool !
What about making it working with a mouse ? I’m sure my PowerMac would like it ;-)
BTW : stuff like this one are fine on a Mac. They’re not whished on a Microsoft PC : it’s already too noisy…
May 21st, 2006 at 10:41 am
Cool. I wish PC notebooks had motion sensors.. I should make a PCMCIA device with an accelerometer circuit and be Mr. PC Copycat-Guy! Hehe, I’d be the first on the block.. Duh, oh yeah, I’d have to reverse-engineer the software too, but at least I’d already have all the necessary wave files! ;)
Arr matey, good work!!
- Weasel
- http://www.weasel.net
May 21st, 2006 at 11:01 am
Makes a cool sound with my trackpad on my new PB 17in. and yes I DID know it wasnt’ gonna work…
May 21st, 2006 at 11:09 am
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May 21st, 2006 at 11:10 am
Anyway to get this to run on a PB? Are the sensors THAT different?
May 21st, 2006 at 11:20 am
Mac Nerds…..sigh
May 21st, 2006 at 11:42 am
You have GOT to be kidding. This cannot be good for your hard drive heads or the surfaces of the drive itself….
Steve
May 21st, 2006 at 12:07 pm
I am now my husband’s total hero. Tres Cool!
May 21st, 2006 at 12:13 pm
These are the LightSabers you’re looking for!
My wife really enjoys hearing me giggle like a madman! Thanks so much for this wonderful app.
I’d like MacSaber to have a separate volume control. I’d also suggest a sensitivity setting, so that we can avoid slinging our laptops into the wall. I enjoy the numeric feedback.
I walk around a lot at work with my laptop open and this thing will make people notice. Could you allow me to open or close the Saber from the dock icon?
I’ll be watching for the release version soon, my wife’s waiting w/ her credit card now…
Paulie
May 21st, 2006 at 12:22 pm
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May 21st, 2006 at 1:06 pm
Yeah, they’re already hot enough to cut steel, all it was missing was the sound effects
May 21st, 2006 at 1:52 pm
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May 21st, 2006 at 1:52 pm
seems like there are real uses too - not of the sabering, but of reading the output. I recall a comment a while back about using a laptop as a level for carpentry but now I’m thinking earthquake sensor - just need something to make a graph in each dimension….
May 21st, 2006 at 1:55 pm
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May 21st, 2006 at 1:55 pm
or for that matter something to check breathing with, perhaps a compas function? Can it detect turns - sort of - it doesn’t know “North” but you could have a calibration run back all turn changes from a setting…. Probably need resetting every now and then….
May 21st, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Der Weasel: ‘I wish PC notebooks had motion sensors..’
They have. IBM/Lenovo T series have for sure.
May 21st, 2006 at 2:26 pm
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May 21st, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Hey I have a 15″ powerbook G4 with SMS… it don’t work right….
Any clue on when it will?
Thanks
Cool program though
May 21st, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Turn Your Mac Into A Jedi Weapon
Wozu teure, komplizierte Moting Tracking Systeme benutzen ,wenn man einen Mac hat.
MacSaber nutzt den Bewegungssensor von Powerbooks, um Lichtschwertgeräusche zu erzeugen. Da diese Version noch nicht mit alten Mac-Laptops funktioniert kann der Eff…
May 21st, 2006 at 2:58 pm
This would be cool if it worked on my HiRes PowerBook.
Anyway, for those of you worried about HD problems, you shouldn’t. The sensor doesn’t just register sudden motions, it measures any kind of movement, even tiny ones. Only when it measures a movement that could damage the HD does it park the heads. So there is no worry.
May 21st, 2006 at 3:06 pm
[quote] bob: want a proper laptop. buy Microsoft [/quote]
I didn’t know Micro$oft made laptops!
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May 21st, 2006 at 4:53 pm
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May 21st, 2006 at 5:19 pm
Unless you really want some company to sponsor you for apparently increasing sales of their newest product line, I’d be willing to help out all these poor people (including me) who have old SMSs in their *Books with some programming… please let me know wether you are interested.
May 21st, 2006 at 7:10 pm
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May 21st, 2006 at 8:52 pm
I threw my PowerBook around and then out the window and MacSaber definitely doesn’t work anymore.
May 21st, 2006 at 10:11 pm
really funny software!
May 21st, 2006 at 10:32 pm
you’ve come up with the one thing that will finally bring my star wars fanatic friend over to apple — thanks!!
May 21st, 2006 at 10:33 pm
I heart pew
May 21st, 2006 at 11:18 pm
You sir, have way too much free time on your hands. haha
May 21st, 2006 at 11:44 pm
….
You are fools.
Get a life…or better yet, buy a PC…
May 21st, 2006 at 11:54 pm
hmm… inspiration around every corner here…
now if you can link them up over blue tooth and have saber battles with other mac users… maybe in the final?
May 22nd, 2006 at 12:12 am
Yeah, get a PC. Because obviously a software app is so much worse than cutting holes in the case and filling the inside with neon lights.
May 22nd, 2006 at 1:18 am
OMG!!! Too cool.. w00t..
May 22nd, 2006 at 1:57 am
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May 22nd, 2006 at 2:16 am
Funny shit
May 22nd, 2006 at 3:00 am
To all you whiners - a little bit of waving around isn’t enough to emergency park the drive anyway - you’re fine. But a nice feature would be to push a button that would park the drive for you while you play, just to be safe.
The IR beam idea would never work, since IR ports don’t shoot in a concentrated beam like a laser. Even if they did, they wouldn’t be able to detect when they cross each-other.
May 22nd, 2006 at 3:39 am
funny :)
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May 22nd, 2006 at 4:04 am
i’ve got ibook 05 :) And its working for me. There’s an app called AMS2HID - it can emulate mouse movements from SMS for all apple laptops which have it. Now i just start saber and AMS2HID and got the same effect as on macbook :) funny…
May 22nd, 2006 at 4:42 am
You are fools.
Get a life…or better yet, buy a PC…
It’s kind of ironic that you found the time to make a post on a site where you believe the people have no life, don’t you think?
May 22nd, 2006 at 5:02 am
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May 22nd, 2006 at 5:49 am
Get this , you must
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May 22nd, 2006 at 6:32 am
MacBooks zu Lichtschwerten
Nach der Alarmanlage »iAlertU« kommt jetzt eine noch viel sinnvollere Anwendung für den »Sudden Motion Sensor« unters Apple-Volk. Mit der kostenlosen Software »MacSaber« werden die Bewegungen von MacBook und MacBook Pro in die vertrauten Zis…
May 22nd, 2006 at 6:57 am
Any chance of source? My Thinkpad has motion sensors too, and would love to port this to Linux :)
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May 22nd, 2006 at 9:47 am
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May 22nd, 2006 at 11:45 am
if someon cain explain me… it don’t work with AMS2HID…. support of the older PB 12′ can be great in the next release ;-)
May 22nd, 2006 at 12:14 pm
Can you please tell us the api that you used to access this feature?
thanks
May 22nd, 2006 at 12:20 pm
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May 22nd, 2006 at 12:39 pm
I don’t have a MacBook (yet) or any kind of laptop, but I still enjoyed just moving the little window around and the noise it makes. Now I really can’t wait for my laptop!
May 22nd, 2006 at 1:08 pm
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May 22nd, 2006 at 2:14 pm
Video of it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUiZ2-VLqSc
May 22nd, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Will there be a version for the Thinkpad? Thinkpads have (pretty much) the same system in them. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease??
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May 22nd, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Another echo of the “doesn’t work on my PowerBook” theme - 15″ HighRes.
May 22nd, 2006 at 4:05 pm
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May 22nd, 2006 at 5:02 pm
Cute app, I like it :)
Is there any ideas of adding “scratch” effect when motion suddenly stops (for e.g., notebook is not moving (or moving slow) after a fast movement?
May 22nd, 2006 at 5:55 pm
What a bunch of nerds….. Geeks!
Jerry
(Looking wistfully at his older Windows laptop that doesn’t make cool lightsaber sounds…) :(
May 22nd, 2006 at 6:17 pm
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May 22nd, 2006 at 6:37 pm
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May 22nd, 2006 at 7:08 pm
Well, Yet Another MacSaber Video . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLzF-Wm-NA
May 22nd, 2006 at 10:10 pm
I don’t know if this is the right place for feature request, and I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this earlier (sorry I don’t have time to read through every post), but here’s my feature request:
Can you make the screen turn into fluorescent colors (like the light sabers, and its intensity would change with motion/acceleration? For example, you would have a green glowing screen, then it would get brighter when you move fast and as it plays a “hit” sound. It would be nice to be able to choose what color you want (red, purple, etc.), also.
Thanks for the cool app!
May 22nd, 2006 at 11:20 pm
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May 23rd, 2006 at 12:08 am
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May 23rd, 2006 at 12:24 am
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May 23rd, 2006 at 12:27 am
Turn Your Mac Into A Jedi Weapon
Killer-Applikation: Macht “woosch, woosch”-Geräusche beim Herumfuchteln mit Macs, die mit einem Motion Sensor ausgestattet sind. Komm zu mir, Luke. Gemeinsam werden wir das Universum beherrschen.
May 23rd, 2006 at 12:29 am
Magnifique !
Maintenant, j’ai vraiment l’allure d’un malade mental secouant son MacBook Pro dans tous les sens !
J’adore ce truc indispensable !
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:35 am
[…] Bahaha. Amidst all the nerding around, swinging MacBooks like jedi sabers because of the recent MacSaber application, there’s also going to be a lot of nerd-tears shed when the MacBooks fall out of your high velocity arms, falling and breaking apart at the hinge on the ground. But hey, at least your hard drive will be safe. […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:45 am
[…] Nach der Wegfahrsperre für das MacBook (Pro), gibt es auch ein “Lichtschwert” für den portablen Mac: SaberMac […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:55 am
This is amazing! XD Been playing with it all day. Congrats for making a useless but throughly awesome app.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:12 am
It is no longer a Macbook, it’s an iSABER !!!!!!
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:21 am
Wow - how pointless is this - somebody clearly has 2 much time on their hands - but we love u anyway!
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:57 am
Yeah, please make it work for the 12″ Powerbook in the next version. The idea a few posts up about making the screen glow in a fluorescent colour is a *very* good idea as well.
But seriously, 12″ Powerbook support asap please.
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:29 am
[…] MacSaber might be the coolest use of the motion sensors in some Mac portables ever. Simply install this beta, and swing your MacBook (or PowerBook) around. Suddenly your laptop is a laptop no longer, nay, it is a light saber! […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:02 am
[…] MacSabre: Turn Your Mac into a Jedi Weapon […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:21 am
Any chance in getting a copy of the source? Want to make it work for my 12″! Would love to learn more about what technology is used to get this to work!
Please please email me the code! ;-)
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:42 am
[…] Metafilter’s Matt Haughey recreated the Star Wars Kid video with a MacBook and software called MacSaber, which makes lightsaber sounds as the motion-sensor-equipped notebook is swung around. […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 7:19 am
MacSaber rocks and all but I want to be able to do the same kinds of things. I’ve cobbled together various versions of an app called Motion. The resulting binary should automatically work with any Mac that has an SMS. I can only test on a MBP though because that’s all I have. It currently gets the roll/tilt readings that MacSaber uses but I can’t seem to decode the force bits. I can see the data changing but I must be using the wrong offset/lengths. Would you mind telling me what bits the force info is in?
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:48 am
Great… now my employees will become Jedi idiots.
May 23rd, 2006 at 9:51 am
[…] People ask me why I like Macs so much. There are many reasons, but here’s an important one: the MacSaber!. […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:47 am
When I got my MacBook Pro back from the “Genius Bar” it made this noise already. I can’t decide if the built in lightsaber noise is better than a reliable machine.
This app has tilted the scales for me, as now I can have the lightsaber noise AND get my MacBook fixed.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:44 pm
[…] Over the weekend, a new app called macsaber came out. Imagine geeks everywhere swinging their motion detection enabled laptops around to the sound of Star Wars’ light sabers. Well, it seems that we have a new light saber kid. A Whole Lotta Nothing has the video. […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:46 pm
It’s just not the same as these:
http://masterreplicas.com/customer/starwars/starwars_product_list.php?cid=9
Cheaper than a MacBook and easier to swing around.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:08 pm
[…] MacSaber. Yet another reason to get a MacBook… […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:00 pm
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May 23rd, 2006 at 5:53 pm
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May 23rd, 2006 at 6:25 pm
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May 23rd, 2006 at 6:59 pm
OMG OMG OMG this is so cool!
Best bit of absolute time wasting software I have seen in ages!
May 23rd, 2006 at 7:15 pm
[…] You may have heard of the new App called MacSaber. Using your Mac’s Sudden Motion Sensor, this software turns your computer into a Jedi weapon almost worthy of taking on the real thing by making authentic lightsaber sound effects. It senses speed for the lightsaber movement sounds and acceleration for different levels of striking sounds. […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 7:21 pm
[…] You may have heard of the new App called MacSaber. Using your Mac’s Sudden Motion Sensor, this software turns your computer into a Jedi weapon almost worthy of taking on the real thing by making authentic lightsaber sound effects. It senses speed for the lightsaber movement sounds and acceleration for different levels of striking sounds. […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 7:22 pm
Doesn’t seem to work on my 12″ powerbook… It just reacts to the mouse cursor instead :-(
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:21 pm
[…] Primero fue la famosa alarma de vehiculo para tu Powerbook y ahora sale esto….sonido de sable jedi….si como oyes, la aplicación se llama MacSaber 1.0 Beta y consiste simplemente en transformar los movimientos de tu Powerbook en sonidos de los famosos sables y mas encima sale este flaco dando una demostración, en fin si eres fanático de Star Wars y te gusta revolear tu powerbook estas de suerte. Check this! […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 9:16 pm
[…] isnoop.net has released a pretty cool toy for the new fancy MacBooks that allows any MacBook owner to become a Jedi! MacSaber uses the built-in iSight camera to sense the movements of your MacBook and play lightsaber sound effects. So, the ultimate question here, is will the Apple Care warranty cover a MacSaber fight? Apple Tech Support: “So who was the Dark Jedi again?”.Technorati Tags: StarWars, MacSaber, MacBook. May 23rd, 2006 | Category: Apple, Star Wars | […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 10:56 pm
you’ve got to support my PowerBook!!!!! Its so cool!
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:21 pm
You are a huge nerd !! this is so lame !!!!
May 24th, 2006 at 1:02 am
This is realy geekstuff… can’t believe it =:-)
Folks: Keep care about your books, don’t let them
drop by playing to much with this! ;-)
May 24th, 2006 at 1:20 am
[…] Ok this is sad, clever, but sad. Someone has a built an application for OS X that uses the Sudden Motion Sensor in Apples Laptops to simulate the sounds of a Light Saber - MacSaber. […]
May 24th, 2006 at 1:37 am
[…] Si es que los Mac son todo curiosidades… Y ya para colmo de los colmos, un programita que usando los sensores de movimiento que tiene el Macintosh te permite simular una rayo láser de Star Wars, se llama MacSaber, y “suena” bastante bien: […]
May 24th, 2006 at 2:35 am
[…] isnoop.net have a blog entry about a wonderful piece of software that uses the sudden motion sensor (the little dohicky that senses you’ve dropped your mac and parks the hard drives) to imitate a lightsabre. Move the mac and it makes authentic light sabre sounds! […]
May 24th, 2006 at 5:29 am
[…] Voila comment amuser un MacUser fan de StarWars en jouant avec MacSaber, et ça donne ça: […]
May 24th, 2006 at 6:26 am
It’s brilliant! My MacBook Pro will never be the same. I’ve got it on a G5 too but you can’t get the full effect moving window about the screen. It lacks the ‘clashing’ sound.
May 24th, 2006 at 6:39 am
[…] I’m still quite enamored with my MacBook, and I don’t expect that to change. Given all of the time we spent at coffee tea shops while Chad was here, I’ve had plenty of time testing it out. Given its great battery life, impressive performance, relatively cool operating temperature, awesome WiFi performance, and ability to double as a lightsaber, I couldn’t be happier. Having said that, those on the receiving end of my constant video chat requests may not be as pleased. […]
May 24th, 2006 at 7:19 am
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 15:05:52 +0100
To: PowerList Discussion List
From: Asam Bashir
Subject: Re: MacSaber | Hi-Res 15″ | Motion Sensors
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On May 23, 2006, at 7:57 PM, //aSaM// wrote:
Is there another way to check my motion sensors are working?
Open System Profiler and look under “Hardware” right after the Serial Number:
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Version: 1.0
MacSabre only works on a limited set of *Books at this time, although they don’t say which, and I would have assumed it would work on yours. It doesn’t work on mine:
Machine Name: PowerBook G4 15″
Machine Model: PowerBook5,6
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.67 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Mine doesn’t say which version of Motion sensor:
Machine Name: PowerBook G4 15″
Machine Model: PowerBook5,8
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.5)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.67 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.6f0
Serial Number: W85448RESX2
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
And in MacSaber, although it makes the whooshing and bzzzzzzzzz sounds, the Roll: Left 1835 Tilt: -2070 - and these values don’t change at all. What about right roll?
And why, even though in System Profiler it says my SMS is enabled, does console.log keep recording “No motion sensor available”.
There must be something to grep somewhere that gives info on Roll and Tilt, which varies in the different ‘Books and that MacSaber gets wrong.
I want my MacSaber working :(
Asam……
May 24th, 2006 at 7:22 am
Oh, and the built in SMS sound works, although very low volume, for both tilt and roll…
May 24th, 2006 at 7:24 am
oh and 10.4.6 (8I127) and Xcode 2.3…….
May 24th, 2006 at 7:27 am
Desktop pic for the developer, and everyone else here:
http://homepage.mac.com/asam/.Pictures/X-Files/truth-is-out-there.JPG
May 24th, 2006 at 9:37 am
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May 24th, 2006 at 10:06 am
I demand an older powerbookversion!
May 24th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
[…] The new MacBooks and MacBookPros are all have hard-disk which have sensors measuring the movement of the hard-disk and if to fast (i.e. when you drop your MacBook) park the heads in a save position and therefor can rescue your data. It’s a very useful feature but also one geeks like to play around with. And one came up with a pretty cool tool. MacSaber. It makes your MacBook sound like a Jedi sword when you move it around. And a view people already put some Jedi Fights on youtube. […]
May 24th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
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May 24th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
I’ve been watching these youtube videos on my computer at work, of people swinging aroung their laptops at eachother and stuff.
The tech guys here built our computers without sound cards (you don’t need to listen to graphic design, right?) so I had no idea what was going on until I happened on your site through happytedium.com.
For a laugh, try watching it the way I do (without sound)
See you later,
T-man
May 24th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
oh yeah, and for some reason this doesn’t work on my PowerBook 180…
May 24th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
[…] Matthew Haughey of MetaFilter and A Whole Lotta Nothing put his brand new Apple MacBook to good use. Using a great little app called the MacSaber, he re-created the StarWars Kid video. I went for accuracy, combing my hair down, putting on tight khakis and a striped tight shirt, and following his first set of movements. […]
May 24th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
[…] A friend has created one of the more useless apps that still deserves mention, because it looks like good fun. MacSaber uses the sudden motion sensor in the new MacBook Pro (apparently it doesn’t work with the older motion sensors yet) to make lightsaber-like sounds. […]
May 24th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
[…] It seems the Sudden Motion Sensor from Apple is having a revamped popularity: it was only yesterday (literally ;) ) I’ve spotted MacSaber that transforms your mac in a lightsaber. Today I ran in to this wonderful hack to change your desktop with a simple nudge on the side of the screen (well, or a more rude a smack) (here the author and the code) […]
May 24th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
[…] Und jetzt stelle man sich den Kampf zwischen Luke Skywalker und Darth Vader mal mit Powebooks vor. […]
May 24th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
[…] Ä°lk olarak ani hareket sensörünü, iAlertU ismiyle otomobil alarmı benzeri bir bilgisayar alarmına dönüştürdüler. MacBook Pro masadan kaldırıldığında, alarm veriyor ve uzaktan kumandayla alarm susturuluyordu (YouTube videosu). Sonra MacSaber adıyla, MacBook’u bir Jedi silahına dönüştüren (hareket ettirdikçe ışın kılıcı sesleri çıkarıyor) bir yazılım yapıldı (bunun PowerBook ve iBook sürümü de mevcut). […]
May 24th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
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May 25th, 2006 at 12:07 am
Wow, if I didn’t already have one, I would purchase an MBP solely for this application.
May 25th, 2006 at 1:27 am
[…] Geilomat! MacSaber ist zwar lustig aber endlich kommen mal die ersten sinnvollen Anwendungen des sudden motion sensors. […]
May 25th, 2006 at 3:01 am
MacSaber - ultra geek !
Cela ne pouvait arriver que sur Mac et personne ne pouvait l’imaginer ?
Dans les Macbook Pro et la génération de PowerBook/ibook précédents les MacBook pro Apple a intégré un capteur de mouvement (sudden motion sen…
May 25th, 2006 at 4:41 am
[…] Virtue ã?®ä»®æƒ³ãƒ‡ã‚¹ã‚¯ãƒˆãƒƒãƒ—ã?¨ï¼ŒæŒ¯å‹•ã‚»ãƒ³ã‚µãƒ¼ã‚’使ã?£ã?ŸMacSaver ã?®è©±é¡Œã?‹ã‚‰ï¼Œã?“ã?®ã‚¢ã‚¤ãƒ‡ã‚¢ã?¯è‡ªåˆ†ã?§ã‚‚æ€?ã?„ã?¤ã??ã?Ÿã?‹ã?£ã?Ÿï¼Ž […]
May 25th, 2006 at 5:16 am
[…] Y como siempre, llega alguien y le descubre una utilidad friky al invento. Ha aparecido un programita llamado MacSaber que hace que el ordenador reproduzca los sonidos de un sable láser de Star Wars al ser movido. […]
May 25th, 2006 at 5:22 am
[…] If you needed a definitive reason to buy a MacBook as your next laptop rather than a regular Windows machine, surely this has to be it. Using the internal motion sensor in the MacBook which protects the hard drive from sudden drops, you can turn your MacBook into a Jedi weapon. Oh yes - these MacBooks are not as clumsy or random as a blaster, you know. […]
May 25th, 2006 at 8:26 am
[…] Much better than the MacSabrebut not funnier than the Star Wars Kid MacBook add to del.icio.us add to technorati favs email this […]
May 25th, 2006 at 9:30 am
[…] Download MACsaber or view various videos of MACsaber […]
May 25th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
[…] Während Lucasfilm heute verkündete, den iTunes Store mit der ersten Staffel der Cartoon-Serie “Star Wars: Clone Wars” zu füttern, entdecken andere den wahren Nutzen des Sudden Motion Sensors. Die Software Macsaber verwandelt entsprechend ausgerüstete mobile Macs zum täuschend echten Lichtschwert: […]
May 25th, 2006 at 2:22 pm
[…] If you have a Macbook, go download and check it out on isnoop.net […]
May 25th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
Hmmm light sabre notebook you have!
May 25th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
This software sux! I downloaded it to a block of cheese and it’s not working! What’s wrong?? Wahhh!
May 25th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
[…] ä¾?然是利用 MacBook 的防震感应装置，有人å?šå‡ºå…·æœ‰å…‰å‰‘打斗音效的软件 MacSaber ，更有人將æ¤æ„Ÿåº”功能与 Desktop Manager 软件结å?ˆï¼Œå¼€å?‘出 SmackBook Pro è¿™ä¸ªè½¯ä»¶ï¼Œè®©ä½ æ‹?打一下å±?幕两侧就å?¯ä»¥æŠŠåŽŸä¾†çš„æ¡Œé?¢â€œæ‹?â€?走，æ?¢æˆ?下一个桌é?¢ã€‚å¦‚æžœä½ ä¸?æ€•ä½ çš„ç”µè„‘å?—伤的è¯?，å?¯ä»¥æ?¥è¿™é‡Œä¸‹è½½ SmackBook Pro 软件。 [示范影片] […]
May 25th, 2006 at 8:16 pm
[…] The lightsaber gimmick works. I’ll have to try this one next (see video). […]
May 25th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
[…] sounds and acceleration for different levels of striking sounds. MacBook Pro, MacBook | Oodles | trackback No Responses to ‘Hack puts Mac portable’s motion sensor to gooduse’ […]
May 26th, 2006 at 1:56 am
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May 26th, 2006 at 4:58 am
Now working on mine :-((
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
… but it reacts to touchpad motion instead of SMS.
Carpenter’s level Widget is working perfectly
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/01/23/widget-watch-carpenters-level/
so it’s not on my side…
When is the next version ?
May 26th, 2006 at 7:35 am
This is unbelievably cool! Congratulations.
May 26th, 2006 at 7:48 am
[…] Much earlier, though, I had shown another barista MacSaber (for MacBooks / for PBooks or iBooks) and her immediate response, apart from her jaw dropping, was, “Wow… now, I really need a Mac.” Watch and Watch. Oh, it’s a good Friday. Music: Death In Vegas, “Leather” […]
May 26th, 2006 at 8:45 am
There’s also a desktop manager that uses SMS. You can switch between desktops by giving the side of your screen a ‘love whap’. [Anyone else ever watch NCIS?]
I can’t remember the name of the software, though. Sorry.
I may have to upgrade for all the wrong reasons. :-)
May 26th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
[…] If you want even more stupid fun with your MacBook Pro, you can try out MacSaber - a program that uses the sudden motion sensor to make light saber noises as it is swung around. You can check out some interesting people on YouTube testing the software. Here’s one of them below: […]
May 27th, 2006 at 12:01 am
[…] This is so damn cool! I’ve yet to try out but if it works well, I’ll be stoked! […]
May 27th, 2006 at 7:59 am
man that is so cool…well done…
May 27th, 2006 at 8:37 am
who cares… go outside once before you die, stop festering you fatasses
May 27th, 2006 at 9:03 am
[…] 15.4-inch 2.0GHz: RM 7899 15.4-inch 2.16GHz: RM 9899 17-inch 2.16GHz: RM 10999 * I was holding a MacBook Pro at the store and was wielding and brandishing it around like a Jedi Knight would with his lightsaber: swoosh, swoosh… The floorwalker knew, I was trying out the MacSaber! The onlookers were staring at me, disillusioned. MacBook Pro inside its box: The laptop that inspires coolness of supreme depth. […]
May 27th, 2006 at 11:52 am
So uh… like, can I use it on my ipod? it is like the pop culture icon of 21st century coolness… and like, uh…. oh yeah, may the force be with you… *rolls eyes*
May 27th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
[…] […]
May 27th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Now I know it won’t be long before I build my light saber, THE REAL thing!!!
May 28th, 2006 at 4:38 am
MacSaber: æŠŠä½ çš„MacBookå?˜ä¸ºç»?地æ¦å£«å…‰å‰‘
在YouTube上，看到了这个日本鬼å?弄得vedio。起先还以为是两个jedi在炫耀拥有两å?°MacBook而干的傻事。然å?Žå?‘现还有很多人这么å?šã€‚最å?Žæ‰?å?‘现原æ?¥ä»–们是在玩一个程åº?，而ä¸?æ˜¯æ„šè ¢çš„ç”¨å˜´å?‘出å…
May 28th, 2006 at 9:48 am
roflmao.
if only i could have it sooner…
May 28th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
[…] Introducing MacSaber 1.0. Using your Mac’s sudden motion sensor, this software turns your computer into a Jedi weapon almost worthy of taking on the real thing by making authentic lightsaber sound effects. It senses speed for the lightsaber movement sounds and acceleration for different levels of striking sounds. […]
May 28th, 2006 at 10:14 pm
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May 29th, 2006 at 2:21 am
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May 29th, 2006 at 3:35 am
[…] If you’re a fan of Star Wars and own a new MacBook then you might be interested in MacSaber. Using the MacBooks built-in sudden motion sensors this little app will produce lightsaber sound effects when you swing your MacBook around… I seriously only recommend this to a) hardcore fans and b) those with AppleCare. […]
May 29th, 2006 at 4:14 am
I can’t use it. It says SMS Error: -4. What’s that all about? Any help?
May 29th, 2006 at 5:03 am
[…] This, however, is far more frivolous and a lot more fun and geeky: MacSaber. There’s even a movie of a guy doing the “Star Wars Kid” thing with his MacBook and MacSaber. Cool. […]
May 29th, 2006 at 8:38 am
Bunch of freakies !!! Go to work !!!
May 29th, 2006 at 9:56 am
cabrones viva españa !!
May 29th, 2006 at 10:18 am
Je coomprends pas l’anglais, est-ce que quelqu’un pourrait me traduire tout ce que vous venez d’écrire? Je suis pas là par plaisir, mais parceque quelqu’un m’a envoyé le lien alors si quelqu’un veut poster la traduction, franchement, je serai content!!!
May 29th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
pues vaya tonteria mas grande… :O
May 29th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
ponme una de sidra y unos bigaros chaval!!!
May 29th, 2006 at 1:20 pm
A la peña se le pira
Y otra de bravas!!!
May 29th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
kevin smith c´est mieux pour toi ne comprendre pas, trés freak!
Vaya chorrada si al menos inventaran un ordenador-monopatin como el de mcfly en regreso al futuro XD
May 29th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
al carajo tos
May 29th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
[…] más info […]
May 29th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
Such a stupid, stupid thingie!
Ask the programmer’s boss what he thinks!
Viva España, Olé.
May 29th, 2006 at 3:41 pm
Visita:
http://www.starwarsperu.com
Veras mas informacion sobre la saga.
May 29th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
Convierte tu mac en una espada laser
Tienes un mac? Enhorabuena, además eres el afortunado poseedor de una espada laser. Los MacBooks de Apple llevan sensores de movimiento. (no me preguntéis para que).. El caso es que un programador ha creado el MacSaber, un programa que emite los soni…
May 29th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
[…] MacSaber: Turn Your Mac Into A Jedi Weapon (from /.) - Introducing MacSaber 1.0 Beta. Using your Mac’s sudden motion sensor, this software turns your computer into a Jedi weapon almost worthy of taking on the real thing by making authentic lightsaber sound effects. It senses speed for the lightsaber movement sounds and acceleration for different levels of striking sounds. Haha. No one ever said light sabers were cheap. […]
May 30th, 2006 at 12:56 am
Fun with my powerbook
May 30th, 2006 at 1:31 am
jajajajaja que es eso de viva españa, pues yo me cago en españa y me limpio con su puta bandera sucia! VIVA LA REPUBLICA
May 30th, 2006 at 2:11 am
Visitad http://www.producciones55.com por una españa republicana.
Vale, que la parida esa del sonido era para proteger el HDD… pos fueno, pos fale, pos malegro. Y todos los faltos que ponen en riesgo su Mac para hacer el subnormal? Veremos videos de accidentes con el Mac? Cuánto le debo, jefe? Saldrán las zapatillas del McFly realmente? Hace una cañita?
May 30th, 2006 at 5:50 am
[…] If you’re a fan of Star Wars and own a new MacBook then you might be interested in MacSaber. Using the MacBooks built-in sudden motion sensors (designed to brace the HDD for impact should you drop the thing in case you’re wondering) then this little app will produce lightsaber sound effects when you swing your MacBook around… however I really only recommend this to a) hardcore Star Wars fans and b) those with AppleCare. […]
May 30th, 2006 at 5:59 am
[…] Das müsste sich doch als kleiner Gag nutzen lassen um eine Schreibmaschinenemulation zu entwickeln, bei der man durch einen kleinen Klapps den “Wagenrücklauf” aktiviert… Das wäre auf jeden Fall mindestens genauso schwachsinnig, wie sein MacBook als Lichtschwert (MacSaber) zu missbrauchen. Leider kann ich das nicht selber machen, da mir das nötige MacBook mit Motion Sensor fehlt, aber vielleicht mache ich es ja auch wie Gerrit. […]
May 30th, 2006 at 8:44 am
[…] Info: MacSaber […]
May 30th, 2006 at 8:59 am
Well I guess they are good for something after all