iPad Survives 30km Drop From Space [VIDEO]

It’s nice that companies are willing to go to insane lengths to try and make us buy their things. Take G-Form, who wrapped up an Apple tablet in their ‘Extreme Edge’ case, and launched it into space on a weather balloon before dropping it back to earth to prove how extreme their case really is.

The balloon burst at around 100 000 feet, which Google tells me is 30 480 metres, in altitude, sending the iPad plummeting down to land on a hillside in Nevada. And I mean props to G-Form, because the iPad still seemed to be working after the landing.

I mean yes, the 30km drop wasn’t exactly necessary to prove a point – the iPad would’ve hit terminal velocity from a much lower height and the impact would’ve been the same – but shut up, it’s cool to drop things from space.

[Source: Technabob]

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