The iPhone detects movement and tilting of the handset through its built-in accelerometers. These devices are able to detect movement in six different directions and relay that information to games ...

How The iPhone Accelerometer Game Tilt Taps Into Users’ Emotions Nicole Lazzaro, 44, has studied emotion and player experiences in video games for 20 years and is the designer of Tilt, the first ...

There's something about the new iPhone 5s from Apple that has the technical types scratching their heads. It's the accelerometer in the new piece of iKit. It actually seems to be less accurate than ...

A few weeks ago we confirmed reports that the iPhone 5S motion sensors were embarrassingly off. Some enterprising devs have investigated the problem, and figured out that at its root, it’s indeed a ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech and MIT have developed a proof of concept to demonstrate that it is possible to record a computer user’s keystrokes using an iPhone 4’s accelerometer. The researchers ...

A Macenstein reader may have discovered the first instance of the accelerometer in the iPhone being used to enter a cheat code in a game. He claims that you can start on any level you like in Imagine ...

Web developer Joe Hewitt and team posted an alpha version of Tilt-- an rudimentary iPhone game that takes advantage of the iPhone position sensor. The is simple, but does provide an example of how to ...

A new supplier for the accelerometer part in the iPhone 5s could be causing incorrect level and compass measurements in the new device, an issue that was first noticed earlier this month. Both devices ...

The accelerometers in many smartphones could be used to decipher what you type into your PC keyboard — including passwords and e-mail content — according to ...

You don't need to use a lot of fancy routines to subscribe to data generated by the iPhone's built in accelerometer. A single UIApplication delegate lets you know whenever the iPhone has updated its ...

Self-respecting science fiction fans will remember the Daleks. They're the mutant alien villains from the Doctor Who television series with armored casing, warbling voices and a penchant for ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech have succeeded in turning the iPhone into a spy phone. The team has discovered a hacker could use the iPhone placed inches from your keyboard to track what you’re typing.