--- title: sam henri gold on X: "Did you know your MacBook has a... description: A developer discovered how to access MacBook's hidden screen hinge angle sensor through undocumented methods and created a creative audio application that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sam-henri-gold-on-x-did-you-know-your-macbook-has-a-sensor-that-knows-the-exact-angle-of-the-scree-z9wlz4xpq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: sam henri gold on X: "Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@capivara** · 0 upvotes > I like this kind of humor xD --- Tags: [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware), [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac), [#reverse-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/reverse-engineering), [#sensors](https://daily.dev/tags/sensors) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sam-henri-gold-on-x-did-you-know-your-macbook-has-a-sensor-that-knows-the-exact-angle-of-the-scree-z9wlz4xpq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"sam henri gold on X: \"Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? 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