Smartphone-Powered Satellites Are Destined for Space Travel

Forget the in-dash car phone. If all goes according to plan in 2011, a group of British scientists will be rocketing an Android smartphone to infinity, and beyond.
Researchers at the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in England are developing an Android-powered satellite to be launched into lower-earth orbit.
Dubbed Strand-1 (Surrey Training, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/android-smartphone-space/

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