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10-18-2010, 12:00 PM
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| Father And Son Send iPhone Into Space And Record Incredible Video
A father and son from Brooklyn, New York sent an iPhone into the stratosphere a few weeks ago to record a video of the earth's curvature.
The two spent eight months researching and testing their homemade craft, which was made of a weather balloon and a styrofoam case for the iPhone, before launching in Newburgh, NY.
The phone apparently braved winds of 100 miles-per-hour and temperatures as cold as 60 below zero (the iPhone was smartly packed with hand warmers).
The recorded video shows the phone reaching a height of 100,000 feet before the balloon burst, plummeting the contraption back to earth, where it landed 30 miles from the launch point, in a tree, where the father and son found it in the dark because of the iPhone's LED light. | 
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10-18-2010, 12:02 PM
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why'd they use such a shitty camera????
I'd love to try that though
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10-18-2010, 12:04 PM
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10-18-2010, 12:33 PM
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wow, earth is round!!
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10-18-2010, 12:37 PM
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10-18-2010, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by StylinRed  why'd they use such a shitty camera????
I'd love to try that though | budget and size constraints probably a consideration
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10-18-2010, 02:12 PM
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wait, from how i understood it, it's an iphone WITH a camera, not the iphone's camera.
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10-18-2010, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Leopold Stotch wait, from how i understood it, it's an iphone WITH a camera, not the iphone's camera. | Ya, I think they just used the phone for its GPS to locate the camera after.
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10-18-2010, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Leopold Stotch wait, from how i understood it, it's an iphone WITH a camera, not the iphone's camera. |
Right at the end of the video it says the phones batteries ran out after recording.
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10-18-2010, 02:27 PM
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pretty high quality
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10-18-2010, 03:44 PM
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#11 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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haha MobileMe while its in space. Im sorry sir, your phone is outta this world.
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10-18-2010, 03:54 PM
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10-18-2010, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by tool001 wow, earth is round!! | that was EXACTLY what i was thinking
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10-18-2010, 04:19 PM
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cool vid
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10-18-2010, 04:41 PM
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What are the roaming charges up there?
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10-18-2010, 05:18 PM
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Shiet, crazy
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10-18-2010, 06:17 PM
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Yet they said they found the phone after it landed due to the led at night?> Quote:
Originally Posted by silva95teg Right at the end of the video it says the phones batteries ran out after recording. | | |
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10-18-2010, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Death2Theft Yet they said they found the phone after it landed due to the led at night?> | the led on the case probably ran on its own tiny battery
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10-18-2010, 07:27 PM
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damn!!! talk about a father and son project!
Watch the kid become the next leading JPL scientist because his dad decided to do this with him!
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10-18-2010, 07:36 PM
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LOL.. its not an iPhone. Just a regular HD camera. Doubt the iPhones batteries would have lasted that long  | |
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10-18-2010, 07:58 PM
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they showed the iphone in the video
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10-18-2010, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo LOL.. its not an iPhone. Just a regular HD camera. Doubt the iPhones batteries would have lasted that long | The video was filmed by the camera in the case. There was also an iPhone in the case so that they could locate it by GPS.
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10-18-2010, 11:32 PM
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Sounds like an amazing project....Great lesson for the kid in so many different ways...=)
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10-18-2010, 11:41 PM
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very cool
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10-18-2010, 11:56 PM
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The MIT one done before this one is much better.
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