PhoneSat– Android in space!

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Mobile phones are no longer the clunky, Digital display calculator-like machines they used to be a mere decade ago. They’ve grown sleeker, smarter and have grown to include immense computing power. Today’s smartphones consist of high end camera lenses, powerful, multicore processors, gigabytes of internal memory, accelerometers and gyroscopes to provide you with the best experience. In fact, you would be but a little surprised to know that an average smartphone sold to consumers in the market today has more computing power than the entire NASA building spearheading the moon mission in 1969 did. Yes, your phone has enough power to send man to the moon! NASA, the ever-knowing, is not oblivious to this fact, and as a result, smartphones crossed into space, the final frontier! Continue reading