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Monday, April 29, 2013

Upstart young engineers are changing the world: you can too!!
 
I just saw this on NPR.   Three smart phones launched into space this past Sunday are orbiting above us even now, transmitting data and images back to Earth. The PhoneSats, which cost just a few thousand dollars each, could usher in big changes for the satellite industry.

 “ [The young engineers] don't know what they can't do; they haven't been told it's not possible. That really opens up a lot of creative thinking that somehow tends to go away with time."
- Jim Cockrell, PhoneSat project manager

 The smart phones are named Alexander, Graham and Bell.  Do you love it?  We don't know the names of the young engineers.