A review of the SEGA toys gadget, Homestar – as seen posted on Slashdot can be read here. A gadget that takes cdrom-like discs and then projects an image of the night sky ( including rotation ) upon any surface such as a wall or a roof. Is it just me, or this just an uber-cool thing to have? I remember back in my younger days those glow in the dark sticker sets that I was never allowed to have. This funky little machine takes all of that one step further – without the requirement to leave your bedroom light on for 45 minutes beforehand. Whilst quite expensive ( 239$USD – eep! ) the quality of the image projected seems to be well worth the money. I’m not sure about the EXTRA 80$USD for Southern hemisphere skies, but all in all, if i had the cash, and the desire to fall asleep to an image of a night sky above i’d definately be looking in that direction.
Leif is a UNIX Systems Administrator for a Tier 1 Australian Telco, an avid amateur photographer and general purpose geek. He has been working Unix environments for 5 years, and bought his first Digital SLR body in mid 2004.