Your smartphone matches Mars rover

Curiosity may be the most sophisticated spacecraft ever sent to another planet, but the 900-kilogram rover runs on a computer with the same power as a smartphone. The main computer that controls the rover’s post-landing software has a processing speed of just 200 megahertz, less than half the power of the latest iPhones.

Source: Iphone and Mars Rover

And how we are using the power of our smart phones!!

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