Published 27 July 2010
Star Walk, an astronomy app for the iPad
There’s much talk about the iPad at the moment, and while Apple’s new device only went on sale in Irish shops a week ago, it already has some excellent science-related iPad apps.
Ones we’ve come across include:
- Star Walk – an interactive star chart that uses an iPad’s GPS chip to find out where you are and then displays the stars above you
- Newton’s Cradle – a simple but addictive little app which simulates the device Newton built to show how momentum and the transfer of energy works
- Supernova – navigate your way around an exploding star
- Science in 3D – it displays the elements in the periodic table (for example) in rotating 3D
Expect plenty more science apps for the new device in the months ahead.
