Starry Sky Navi: Explore The Stars With Your DS
A Japaneses astronomy magazine "Hoshi Navi" recently announced that they will be releasing Starry Sky Navi for the Nintendo DS. The software will allow users to navigate the stars without the use of a telescope using a special tilt-sensor card to help them locate stars for themselves, or whom ever they happen to be sharing the open sky with. It is unknown whether or not you have to specify your lat/long position, but seeing as there is no announced GPS feature, It's a pretty safe guess. The software will also feature a astronomy dictionary so users will be able to look up factoids on the go.
The software will be demoed at Photoimaging Expo in Tokyo Big Sight between March 19th and 22nd. No US release has been announced, although there is an obvious market for this, especially in large cities where star gazing is a bit of a challenge where skies are often covered with tall buildings and pollution
Watch the Sky with your Nintendo DS. [Hobby Blog]
[Thanks Mike!]
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 7 March 2008
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Am I the only one who's nerdilly excited about this?
It is unknown whether* or not you have to specify your lat/long position
unless you were using weather to make a pun or something
You're not the only one who got a nerdy tingle at the thought :-)
I want! Summer's approaching, and I would totally take advantage of the warmer nights to just lie down outside and stare at the sky with this.