Android can control rockets....does Apple have an app for that?

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gorcorps

gorcorps

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link = win

title with incredibly obvious Apple troll baiting = massive fail
 
AMDZen

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It someone was to take their time and develop an App for thir iPhone for this - yes it would. Its just as easy to develop on the iPhone as Android.

rudeguy said:
that's why I put the smiley face. I was trying to make it obvious that I was picking on the Apple crew.
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Except that its obvious that you are in nearly all of your other posts.
 
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Too much spinning in the video... I think I have motion sickness. :)

The iPhone does have an app for controlling an R/C helicopter though - with a video downlink. :)
http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/en/how-does-it-work

On a vaguely related note, there's this long blog about a guy near me doing a high altitude balloon launch with a camera. He plans to use a iPhone to track it but then runs into one of the AT&T/Apple limitations and has to switch to an Android G1. I thought it was amusing.
http://stilldavid.com/blog/2010/07/high-altitude-weather-balloon-project/

Miraculously we found cell service there as well, however after much frustration we learned that the OpenStreetMap application I was banking on for map data can only download the map image data on a WiFi connection – and god only knew where the nearest broadband Internet connection was at that point. [snip] In a stroke of luck, I was carrying my “backup phone”, an Android-based G1. I searched for “GPS” and found a waypoint-finder application that supported decimal-based latitude and longitude input.
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It's a long blog but it's an interesting read. If you skip the story, at least click the video. The balloon burst at timemark 2:45 from 20 miles up (100,000 ft) is pretty cool. http://vimeo.com/11907761
 
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Patranus

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nice and all but why use a phone when I could use a $10 microcontroller?

Edit: Did Android actually control the rocket or did they just use a Nexus One to video tape the flight?
(The link and source article isn't clear)
 
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AMDZen said:
Now that is something that an android phone cannot do, at least not any current models. Unless I am mistaken, they don't have accelerometers.
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Er, Android has accelerometers but no gyros. I don't have flash here so I can't see the video to know how it worked.
 
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gsaldivar said:
Taking seriously what was obviously a tongue-in-cheek poke at Apple users (happy face and all!) = massive fail.
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well my complaint is that the thread about Android not being a polished OS got locked because it was "trolling." Shrug.

I know the Android fans are in huge force here, but honestly it's not like the only smartphone out there. Then again with a lack of WinMo phones in the US and no presence of Symbian, what do you expect? :D
 
gsaldivar

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DLeRium said:
well my complaint is that the thread about Android not being a polished OS got locked because it was "trolling." Shrug.

I know the Android fans are in huge force here, but honestly it's not like the only smartphone out there. Then again with a lack of WinMo phones in the US and no presence of Symbian, what do you expect? :D
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Yea that was wierd, I skimmed the post but it seemed like there was were some legitimate questions beyond the trollish title. Ah well...

I work with all kinds of mobile devices, each has their strengths and drawbacks. I have yet to come across one that is "perfect" :)
 
rudeguy

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gsaldivar said:
Yea that was wierd, I skimmed the post but it seemed like there was were some legitimate questions beyond the trollish title. Ah well...

I work with all kinds of mobile devices, each has their strengths and drawbacks. I have yet to come across one that is "perfect" :)
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geez guys....should I put it in large font that I was kidding? I'm an Android fanboi that sticks up for Apple products.

What good is an old fashioned rivalry if you can't poke fun at the other side?
 
AMDZen

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gsaldivar said:
Taking seriously what was obviously a tongue-in-cheek poke at Apple users (happy face and all!) = massive fail.
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You obviously don't seem to recognize the double standard that is so readily apparent in this sub-forum.
 
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