When Apple said it would be taking the iPad to new heights, I bet they didn't mean space. The Rhode Island based company G-Form, noted for it's rugged electronic cases and aesthetic pads wanted to demonstrate how rugged it's latest case, the Extreme Edge was. Encased inside was an innocent iPad 2, also mounted to the case was a high-definition camera, all of it was attached it to a high altitude weather balloon and released into the atmosphere.
Once the iPad reached 100,000 feet (or 30,480 meters) in height, the balloon bursts and the iPad is sent crashing down toward our planet at speed. The high-def video tracks the decent of the iPad's free fall all the way to the moment of impact, in the deserts of Nevada. Once it was recovered, the iPad was found to be undamaged and still playing the video that was started at liftoff.
The video of the fall can be found here.
Source: Space.com
The video of the fall can be found here.
Source: Space.com