Craig HockenberryHas Apple patented whatever’s in an AirPod that makes it drop into the least accessible spot possible?
Mike Muegel@chockenberry I wish they would put an accelerometer in the case and when it detects that it is falling, lock the case until the fall has completed.
sidb@t9mike @chockenberry That’s great. Kind of like how laptop hard drives eventually learned to detect free fall and temporarily park their heads to avoid crashing them.
On AirPod cases, the lock could even just be a brief but powerful magnetic pulse against the already-present latch magnet to just make the seal temporarily stronger, which wouldn’t require finicky moving hardware or use a ton of battery.
@sidb @chockenberry every time I go looking for my stems after I drop, I think of my idea and think I should write Tim Apple. 😭