Sky Scout – now that's a gadget

Many gadgets are just a faster sleeker version of the the thing that has passed before it. But this year at CES it looks like the SkyScout has created a real buzz.

“The SkyScout is a revolutionary, one of a kind, patented handheld device that instantly identifies and/or locates any celestial object visible to the naked eye, providing educational and entertaining information, both in text and audio.

A fun learning tool for all ages, the SkyScout personal planetarium puts the knowledge of an expert astronomer in the palm of your hand.”

This fits the gadget title in so many way. It’s definitely something you look at and say “I need knew I wanted one of those, that’s great”. It also fits the “Brilliant, take existing technology, put it together in an innovative way and this is what you get”. It isn’t going to solve world hunger though – shame .

Living in one of the cloudiest parts of the world the number of times I would use such a thing are limited, but that doesn’t stop me wanting one.