GadgetsBlog is the last place you might think you would find yourself reading about the developments of the electoral campaign between McCain and Obama, but exceptions have to be mad every now and then. McCain’s recent remark about Obama’s supposed ridiculous earmark for an overhead projector for a planetarium have the gadget freaks siding with Obama.

The projector in question is the Adler Zeiss Mark VI projector which is actually not an overhead projector according to a press release by the Adler Planetarium. The Adler Planetarium of Chicago further reveals that this is the projector which provides you the typical planetarium experience by reproducing the night sky in a dome theatre. Â The reason why Adler Planetarium wishes to renew their projector is because spare parts and service is no longer being provided by the manufacturer for the old design and a new projector is desperately needed for the continuation of the planetarium.

Stargazers and gadget aficionados may well have sided with Obama but in the end the Adler Planetarium did not receive the $3 million for their projector.

Via: GearLog