If you are into Astronomy, this might be of interest. A group of Waseda University students in Japan have developed a software/hardware combo called StellarWindow to help with you stargazing activities. The special USB dongle features tilt sensors and an electronic compass to pinpoint your view in the sky (once your overall position is calibrated).
The software will describe the night sky laid out before you, and there is even voice recognition to help with the desired gazing requests. The system should be available the end of this year from Fairy Devices Inc. for about $244.
The only thing I would like to see added to it is a GPS so that you would not have to add position information , but if you tend to stargaze in the same location (i.e. your backyard), then that would probably be superfluous. Nice looking setup, from the description at least.
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