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Next year, NASA will launch mini satellites into space, one powered by the Nexus One and other by Nexus S. The launch comes as part of the PhoneSat program, which wants to create small, low-cost “nano-satellites.”
Version 1.0 — powered by the original Nexus device — will first go “online” and if proven successful, Nexus S-based version 2.0 will follow with more equipment attached to get additional data from the probe.
Modern smartphones have enough processing power as well as all the sensors required to handle a number of different tasks. Moreover, Android-based devices are open so that NASA engineers can cram their own software inside to get specific measurements done.
According to HTC, even though the Nexus One is a several years old device, it has 100 times more processing power than the average satellite orbiting overhead today.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
