IBM Active Protection System Approach

[Borja Marcos]

> mmm.. There is a static 1G force on the laptop while it is on your  
> desk. When
> it falls it goes to 0G as it is in free fall.
>
> Still.. "delta G == park laptop heads" :)

     It's not a "force meter", but an acelerometer. It measures  
acceleration. If the computer is sitting on your desk, as it has  
already been said, it detects nothing. When falling, the acceleration  
is 1 G, ie, 9.8 m/s^2



     Borja.