Nexus S To Serve As Brain For 3 Robots Aboard the ISS

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 8, 2011 @08:08AM from the i-bid-twenty-quatloos-that-they're-all-untrainable dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Given the NFC capabilities in Nexus S, NASA researchers are about to deploy them on the International Space Station. Two Nexus S phones will be installed in robotic floating orbs called Spheres (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites). They will be performing a variety of everyday tasks like taking inventory and inspecting equipment, which will free up the human crew members for other duties. Currently the Spheres are in testing mode, as the video shows, but are expected to be up and running by the end of the year."

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Pro-Android bias by bonch · 2011-07-08 08:54 · Score: 0, Troll

Love how this is a frontage story, but the fact that the shuttle Atlantis took off today with two iPhone 4s running SpaceLab goes unreported. Reminds me of how it's constantly mentioned that Android has passed iOS in marketshare when that only counts smartphones--with iPods and iPads counted, iOS far surpasses Android as the #1 mobile operating system.
But, this is Slashdot, which means that not only will these facts never get reported, but I'll get voted down for pointing them out in the first place. All hail Google.