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Google's Project Tango Headed To International Space Station

Posted by Soulskill on from the much-cheaper-than-testing-in-somebody's-basement dept.

itwbennett (1594911) writes "A pair of Google's Project Tango phones, the prototype smartphone packed with sensors so it can learn and sense the world around it, is heading to the International Space Station on the upcoming Orbital 2 mission where they will be used to help develop autonomous flying robots. Work on the robots is already going on at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and this week the space agency let a small group of reporters visit its lab and see some of the research."

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  1. Skynet by Macrat · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...the prototype smartphone packed with sensors so it can learn and sense the world around it

    Skynet becomes self aware in 3 2 1...