The project involves turning an ordinary business jet into a sophisticated eye in the sky.

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An eye in the sky could be used to interdict drugs, size up needs in disaster relief, ensure port security, check power lines and fuel pipelines, fight forest fires and count wildlife, Brown said.

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Those include in-game access to the All-22 "eye in the sky" video so you can do your own Madden-style telestration, and a fixed fan-chosen camera, sideline or cable skycam view for those that need to feel like they're playing a video game.

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On the other hand Russell Crowe is relaxed and kicking up his heels as Ed Hoffman, Roger's Langley supervisor and often enough "the eye in the sky, " keeping his thumb on Ferris through more of those scarily efficient satellite tracking systems we keep seeing in movies this year.

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Seydoux sees families packing an iPad and the latest version of his toy for excursions, allowing adults and kids to explore and take videos of family fun like swimming and waterskiing with an easy-to-use eye-in-the-sky.

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These eye-in-the-sky cell towers hover between 70, 000 and 100, 000-feet and provide coverage for a 200-mile radius on Earth- but the darn things only stay aloft for 24 to 48 hours before freefalling to the ground (or tree, or lake, or Grand Canyon).

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Now, two comets are expected to put on a naked-eye spectacle for sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere.

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More important still, there in the sky was a miniature Copernican system, visible to the aided eye.

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