Lilt 1.0 uses Mac motion, light sensors
updated 06:40 pm EDT, Tue October 17, 2006
Lilt 1.0 pre-release ships
Jonathan Nathan has released Lilt 1.0pre, a unique tool for Mac OS X and Macs with a light and/or sudden motion sensors. Available now as a limited-time pre-release, Lilt utilizes the ambient light and sudden motion sensors found on recent Mac portable computers; it can automatically trigger actions such as launching applications, files, or scripts. "By launching a script Lilt can do some amazing things. Wave your hand over the light sensors (located under the speaker grills) and play your next iTunes track. Tilt the computer back and hear the time spoken to you. The possibilities are endless," the company wrote. This pre-release will expire on October 31, 2006. Lilt will be released at the end of the month as a fully-functional shareware ($5). It requires Mac OS X 10.4.
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I'm going to need for the creator to think of some better (as in more Marketable features for this software) such as actually tying the brightest of ambient light to the screen brightness, something I think should be done anyway, and possibly may be applescript-able. (Admit I'm too lazy too look.) Maybe putting the computer to sleep or engaging the screensaver when the lights get low, thus "turning off" your mac when you turn off the lights leaving a room.
I dont know. But if all the company can think of is really unnecessary user interfaces, it has to make you wonder how useful the product could really be.