A standard issue Nexus One smart phone will be controlling a new satellite to be launched by the end of February 2012. Granted, it is a "nano satellite" just 30 cm long and weighing 4.3 kg.
Still, using a consumer smart phone as a satellite controller is novel.
A Strand-2 satellite is under development. For that generation of satellites, two cubesats will use the motion-sensing technology in Microsoft's XBox Kinect devices to locate each other in space and dock together.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Google Nexus 1 to Control Satellite, XBox Kincet Next, Seriously
Gary Kim was cited as a global "Power Mobile Influencer" by Forbes, ranked second in the world for coverage of the mobile business, and as a "top 10" telecom analyst. He is a member of Mensa, the international organization for people with IQs in the top two percent.
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