Timeline for Are gyroscopes the only way to maintain the orientation?
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| Sep 29, 2014 at 19:10 | vote | accept | athos | ||
| Sep 26, 2014 at 19:07 | answer | added | David Hammen | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 19:00 | answer | added | Emilio Pisanty | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 18:22 | comment | added | David Hammen | @athos - The title and body of this question are in disagreement. The problem is the word "maintain". I suspect this should instead be "determine", but I'm leery of editing the question in case you (athos) truly did mean "maintain". "Maintaining" orientation means correcting any errors between desired and actual orientation. "Determining" orientation means assessing the way in which some object is oriented. | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 17:56 | comment | added | Void | @garyp At least according to wiki an iphone has both an accelerometer and a gyroscope, specifically a MEMS gyroscope. | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 16:43 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 26, 2014 at 16:19 | answer | added | BowlOfRed | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 16:03 | history | edited | bobie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 26, 2014 at 15:27 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | But there is something else in phones, possibly strain meters, which are used by apps to display a "level" bubble, e.g. | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 12:42 | comment | added | garyp | The iPhone has accelerometers, not a gyroscope, despite what Apple may call it. | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 11:44 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | Gravitometer? It depends a bit on what your desired reference orientation frame is. | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 8:50 | history | asked | athos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |