Have you ever wanted to take a trip of the space but hated all the virtual computerized gaming kind of tours? Here is how you could take a tour of the cosmos in real time. The Japanese students from Waseda University have created the StellarWindow. It offers a real-time guided tour of the night sky and that too with the help of a special USB stick. An embedded magnet points towards north and also has tilt sensors. The sensors help the software to show and play the viewer a real-time sequence of stars and planets.

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