Re: IBM Active Protection System Approach

From: Borja Marcos (borjamar_at_sarenet.es)
Date: 08/23/05

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To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

    > mmm.. There is a static 1G force on the laptop while it is on your
    > desk. When
    > it falls it goes to 0G as it is in free fall.
    >
    > Still.. "delta G == park laptop heads" :)

         It's not a "force meter", but an acelerometer. It measures
    acceleration. If the computer is sitting on your desk, as it has
    already been said, it detects nothing. When falling, the acceleration
    is 1 G, ie, 9.8 m/s^2

         Borja.

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