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MacTech and Southern Stars launching a satellite into space
#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; } The folks at MacTech Magazine have teamed up with the Southern Stars Group to launch a satellite, and you can have a hand in the fun. The project, called SkyCube, is now on Kickstarter and looking for funding. The nano-satellite, designed to the CubeSat standard, is scheduled to take a ride into earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle next year as a "secondary payload". Once in space, SkyCube will take photos of the Earth and broadcast text messages. That's where you come in. Depending on your contribution level, you can determine some of what it has to say. The options break down like this: For $1, you can send a "text" from space. For $6, you can take a picture of the Earth from orbit. Another option is the SkyCube sponsor package, available to those who register for the MacTech Conference at the pre-registration rate of US$999. It includes: Sponsorship of 10 minutes of the mission (including bragging rights) Ability to broadcast 60 "text messages" from space Ability to request up to six images from the satellite (looking at Earth from space) SkyCube mission T-shirt Finally, an iOS app will let you track its progress. Sound like fun? Then make a contribution and help make SkyCube a reality.
TUAW and MacTech interview: Southern Stars
Southern Stars makes a host of awesome astronomy tools, like SkySafari and assorted controllers. If you're serious about astronomy give them a look. In this video, Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine) interviews Tim DeBenedictis of Southern Stars at WWDC 2012. Tim was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward. #next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; }
WWDC Interview: Southern Stars
Southern Stars made the first RS-232 dock connector interface, which we saw at MacTech last year, but they also make a really awesome stargazing app called SkySafari. I sat down with Tim DeBenedictis of Southern Stars to talk about their apps, the cable and how WWDC announcements will affect them going forward. TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote and how Apple's new technologies will help them and their customers. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.
