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We had to remove <strong>the</strong> battery<br />
and power it with AA batteries,<br />
put tefl<strong>on</strong> tape over <strong>the</strong> screen,<br />
and remove <strong>the</strong> GPS chip, as well<br />
as put it through rigorous<br />
testing. Naturally we use velcro<br />
al<strong>on</strong>g with a custom USB cable<br />
to c<strong>on</strong>nect it to <strong>the</strong> SPHERES. <br />
We upmassed it <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> last<br />
shuttle launch. <br />
For <strong>the</strong> SPHERES <str<strong>on</strong>g>experiments</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
we first c<strong>on</strong>trolled <strong>the</strong> SPHERES<br />
<strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> ISS from <strong>the</strong> SPHERES<br />
Smartph<strong>on</strong>e Workbench <str<strong>on</strong>g>RCP</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
applicati<strong>on</strong> running <strong>on</strong> Earth.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> next iterati<strong>on</strong> of this experiment, an astr<strong>on</strong>aut <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> ISS will c<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>the</strong><br />
SPHERES using <strong>the</strong> SPHERES Smartph<strong>on</strong>e Workbench. <br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Eclipse</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>RCP</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> ISS Experiments <br />
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