Wow. 6 days and nobody has chimed in about how the 770 should be able to achieve low earth orbit, be solar powered, and support a crew of 3 for six months.
Wow. 6 days and nobody has chimed in about how the 770 should be able to achieve low earth orbit, be solar powered, and support a crew of 3 for six months.
(Awesome pic, very humbling)
That brings up an interesting idea to the table. Could you use a Nokia 770 as a controller for all the devices on the ISS?
Maybe use it as a terminal device while out on a space walk. Now I want to see if nokia has done any vacuum based tests.
That brings up an interesting idea to the table. Could you use a Nokia 770 as a controller for all the devices on the ISS?
Maybe use it as a terminal device while out on a space walk. Now I want to see if nokia has done any vacuum based tests.
Since you wanted to know ...
Inside the ISS, shouldn't be a problem but would still need to go through a number of tests to insure that the plastics don't offgas (think of that "new-car" smell ... now think of living in it 24/7), are not terribly flammable (there is no opening the windows to let the smoke out), etc.
Surviving and operational outside, in the vacuum of space ... extremely unlikely. It is not a friendly place out there for electronics. Most devices must be built from the ground up with thermal-vacuum compatibility in mind. Most plastics outgas big portions of their constituents when exposed to a hard vacuum and you are left with a material that has properties very unlike the original and contaminants floating around. Also most electronics will arc and have coronal discharges when exposed to vacuum which do nothing good for the health of the unit. Radiation will cause single event upsets. Air convection as a heat transfer mechanism does not exist in weightlessness and air conduction does not exist in vacuum so your electronics are prone to overheating. Not to mention that the unit would by 150 degC on the sunny side and -150 degC on the deep space side ... that may be well outside Nokia's recommended operation temperatures :]
Inside the ISS, shouldn't be a problem but would still need to go through a number of tests to insure that the plastics don't offgas (think of that "new-car" smell ... now think of living in it 24/7), are not terribly flammable (there is no opening the windows to let the smoke out), etc.
Surviving and operational outside, in the vacuum of space ... extremely unlikely. It is not a friendly place out there for electronics. Most devices must be built from the ground up with thermal-vacuum compatibility in mind. Most plastics outgas big portions of their constituents when exposed to a hard vacuum and you are left with a material that has properties very unlike the original and contaminants floating around. Also most electronics will arc and have coronal discharges when exposed to vacuum which do nothing good for the health of the unit. Radiation will cause single event upsets. Air convection as a heat transfer mechanism does not exist in weightlessness and air conduction does not exist in vacuum so your electronics are prone to overheating. Not to mention that the unit would by 150 degC on the sunny side and -150 degC on the deep space side ... that may be well outside Nokia's recommended operation temperatures :]
Specifications, schmesifications.
Stop nitpicking and just shoot the sucker up.
I own a bake shop in Miami, www.latinabakery.com, we specialize in cuban pastries,cakes and cater and I was wondering if anyone new of POS software for the nokia.thanks
alex: Yes and no; there isn't any software *for* the 770 that will do this, but you could run it off of another computer and have it displayed to the 770's screen. A member here, remoteuser, makes his living doing this for restaurants. He uses a linux box that serves up programs to remote devices. You could also use VNC as a solution, or rDesktop. They'll let you see what's on another PC on your 770 and interact with it. rDesktop might be the best bet since you'll most likely just have to click on stuff as opposed to enter data (rDesktop has no onscreen keyboard support).
