SkyScout

SkyScout

This seems like something out of a Scifi movie. It's a gadget you hold up to your eye, look for a star in the sky and it will tell you about that star supposedly including all kinds of info, even audio. You can also request a star and it will guide you to it. Its memory is upgradable and its got an SD slot for even more data.

To bad they don't have video of how it actually looks inside while using it.

Comments:

Woah! [ e ]

That is like amazing! I bet it would be really cool for a quiet night. Tech is evolving so much. Better than sliced bread!

posted by QTHollerJanuary 6, 2006 at 15:27

I think [ e ]

it sounds like the optics are not connected in any way to electronics. So you would just be looking through a simple telescope. The electronics sound like there must be a gyro-enhanced orientation sensor (maybe like this http://www.microstrain.com/m
anuals/3DM-GFAQ.pdf) plus a GPS. The electronics just figuire out which way the thing is oriented and where you are and prints text on the lcd and plays audio. Just a guess...

posted by anonskyJanuary 7, 2006 at 19:04

Saitama? [ e ]

I wonder how this would work in the starless Saitama sky...?

posted by JustinFebruary 15, 2006 at 17:02

[ e ]

Fantastic device! I love that. Very good for any astronomer's.

posted by FrankAmadoAugust 24, 2006 at 18:48

What's the point? [ e ]

This gadget is very neat technology, but since the "eyepiece" is just a piece of plastic, it won't let you see anything more than you see with your naked eye. All this does is replace a star atlas. Which is nice, but $400 is about $350 too much to charge.

posted by JonJuly 10, 2007 at 15:45