[Ed Hansberry]

http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/projects/psa/overview.html

"The PSA [Personal Satellite Assistant] is an astronaut support device designed to move and operate independently in the microgravity environment of space-based vehicles. The PSA will assist astronauts who are living and working aboard the Space Shuttle, Space Station, and during future space exploration missions to the Moon and Mars."



I'm not sure what the OS is, but I bet it supports true multitasking. :wink: You can read more info in this Wired Magazine article.

[Ed Hansberry]

http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/projects/psa/overview.html

"The PSA [Personal Satellite Assistant] is an astronaut support device designed to move and operate independently in the microgravity environment of space-based vehicles. The PSA will assist astronauts who are living and working aboard the Space Shuttle, Space Station, and during future space exploration missions to the Moon and Mars."



I'm not sure what the OS is, but I bet it supports true multitasking. :wink: You can read more info in this Wired Magazine article.

[OSUKid7]

Wow. They're still considering these things? Awesome. I heard about these two or three years ago when the ISS was just starting out. Cool stuff.

[GoldKey]

Looks like the Jedi Lightsaber training droid from Star Wars.

[Jonathan1]

Originally Posted by Goldkey

Looks like the Jedi Lightsaber training droid from Star Wars.

Hehe. I was thinking more along the lines of the interrogation probe from A New Hope sans the hypodermic of course.

[Jonathon Watkins]

Personal Satellite Assistant? :huh: Ooooookay. :lol:

[R K]

That looks thin enough to fit in the pocket... ...of my space suit... ...if I had one.

[foldedspace]

Personal Satellite in that it moves in tandem with the astronaut. In other words, it 'orbits' the user.

looks like a tiny time pill to me....

[OSUKid7]

Originally Posted by FoldedSpace

Personal Satellite in that it moves in tandem with the astronaut. In other words, it 'orbits' the user.

looks like a tiny time pill to me....

lol...no, it's a sphere. I saw a video of the prototypes a few years ago...wish I could find those.

edit: proof once again I should click the link before I reply. :lol: looks like they have a video up here. [mov]

[ctmagnus]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

I'm not sure what the OS is, but I bet it supports true multitasking.

From the Wired article:

The PSA, running on a Pentium II processor and GNU Linux OS

[OSUKid7]

Originally Posted by ctmagnus

From the Wired article:

heh...so I'm not the only one who doesn't read. :lol: j/k lol