yay accelerometers

[gfish]

As anyone who has slept with me will confirm, I tend to toss and turn all night. Thanks to a fun Android app, even the distressing number of you who have little desire to share a bed with me can see just how bad it is:



I only used it for the first time last night, but I'm curious to see what patterns emerge over time. I'm looking forward to playing with the optimally timed alarm feature -- I've wanted to try that for years, but custom hardware is expensive. Yet another reason that having a general-purpose computing platform with an accelerometer is awesome!

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[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

That's really cool! What a great idea. I've read about scads of neat distributed data-gathering projects using those accelerometers, but this one is thoroughly sweet. (I'm working on making a vibration spectrum analyzer right now so I've been playing with some, but none as of yet that are as sensitive as the one in the android -- albeit they can sample a lot faster.)
My brother moves extensively when he sleeps: he's cracked the welds on bedframes, regularly awakens on the floor rather than in the bed, and has to leave the bed well clear of the wall for fear of trashing the drywall. In marked contrast, I sleep in exactly the same position, without moving, for roughly 3 hours, wake up, turn over, and go back to sleep. However, with that said, I'd love to see what the android analyzer says, and see if I'm actually as still as I think/have been told.