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Re: Cell phone star finder
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2009 Dec 9, 10:47 -0400
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2009 Dec 9, 10:47 -0400
ROFL, Frank. Hewitt On 12/8/09, frankreed@historicalatlas.comwrote: > Here's another short review of "Google Sky Map" that I found a few minutes ago. > > "-- Google Sky: This is an amazing tool that lets you aim your phone at the stars and find out what you are looking at in the night sky. This amazed my kids one recent dark evening and continues to amaze me every night when I walk out of work. This is truly a stunning app for stargazers." > > The original is located here: > http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/49617 > > We REALLY need to get going on something like this for celestial navigation education. We could attract thousands, maybe tens of thousands of new students to this subject (read "students" as "customers" if you're an entrepreneurial sort). > > -FER > PS: From the same reviewer, in case you think this mobile computing revolution has peaked, consider this amazing new toy: > "-- Google Goggles: Want information on anything? Take a picture of it. Google's database will decipher what it is and attempt to return information about the object to you. Want information about a store? Photograph the sign. Want prices or reviews of a book? Photograph the cover or the bar code. Want to know if a wine is any good? Snap a pic of the label. I thought this thing was too good to be true until I tried it. A movie poster for "Slumdog Millionaire" in my office was recognized in a snap (literally)." > ...Dear Santa, to hell with the new girlfriend I requested in my previous letter. I want a new phone! :-) > > > -- > NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc > Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com > To , email NavList+@fer3.com -- NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com