Synchronised shaking connects gadgets

Shaking wireless gadgets together like a maraca can provide an easier way to pair them up. They compare accelerometer data to check they are shaken together
Read more - http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12912

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[elsni]

cool, after an earthquake all phones are paired ;-)

[DougBTX]

*Pairing* only works for two devices at a time.

[12m41l]

Its called "Bump".

You can get it in App store and Android Market, yeah, its the future

[lolerdelol]

good idead, but who's gonna shake two phones in public?

[Master3Sap]

Good idea! :O

[killadah727]

thats stupid...

[computersales]

Make passionate love to all your devices and they will sync

[BalticSeaProductions]

what, I gave this a try with my brand new laptop and printer, so out the window it went and the printer was so quick, couldnt figure out where the paper come out, but it was alot better :L

[maddavies]

Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla BLA!!!!!

[Digalog]

it's a form of passphrase security for bluetooth. probably some module in the phone measures the movement. a bluetooth security module uses that information to provide a passphrase. when 2 phones are shaking the exact same whey they should provide the same bluetooth passphrase

[Digalog]

sux for people with lepra as well

[dhotchkins]

if i want to sync my laptop to my printer, should i chuck them out the window at the same time? or just molest them like i'm spanking the monkey? where on my phone menu does it say, 'now shake'? Under connectivity maybe?