[Steely Tom]

I was just thinking the other day, an iPhone would make quite a satellite.

I mean, take the computer power in an iPhone, add a few additional sensors and a telephoto lens, and some solar panels, and launch them by the thousands.

I've heard rumors that they've got a way to break the diffraction limit for telephoto optics, so that may not even be necessary any more.

The computer power in an iPhone today is like a mainframe of 20 years ago, and like a Cray of 30 years ago.

[bigbob]

Google “cubesat”