Access Android Sensors from a Scratch Program

Computers & Mobile Fun & Games

Users of the Scratch visual programming language can now add an Android handset to their arsenal of plug and play tools. Using the Scratch Sensor app on your handset will get you access to the accelerometer and compass data over the Scratch networking protocol, turning the device into a readily available data acquisition module. [Thanks, Dave!]

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