gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » segatoys http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:52:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Segatoys Homestar Home Planetariumhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/21/segatoys-homestar-home-planetarium/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/21/segatoys-homestar-home-planetarium/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:50:17 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/21/segatoys-homestar-home-planetarium/ I should probably create a new category called Gadgets for Geeks or something like that for this Home Planetarium. It is a Japanese toy created by Segatoys. The device projects the night sky on the ceiling or a wall in your home. I know it is hard to imagine how this would look like but I guarantee you that it looks incredible if your room is darkened. Segatoys actually created several versions of the Home Planetarium which differ in functionality and price.

The premium model called Segatoys HomeStar Pro 21st Century Home Planetarium ($299) has a brighter LED for a clearer picture and is able to rotate the night sky automatically. Last but not least it supports shooting stars which the other versions do not. The so called Pure Home Planetarium ($139) costs only half of the price of the Pro version but lacks the aforementioned features. The Home Planetarium is using disks to project the night sky onto the ceiling. It ships with a disk for the Northern night sky and additional disks can be ordered that display the Southern night sky and the full moon.

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