iPad Survives Fall From Edge of Space in Jaw-Dropping Video

by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor

Date: 09 January 2012 Time: 07:31 AM ET

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An iPad with a G-Form Extreme Edge case is lifted to over 100,000 feet by a weather balloon which bursts at altitude, CREDIT: G-Form View full size image

A new video has captured an Apple iPad's mindboggling fall to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere in what may be the ultimate tablet survivor tale.
The high-definition video shows the iPad falling from a height of 100,000 feet (30,480 meters), with the blackness of space and the bright curve of Earth providing a stunning backdrop. The device free-falls all the way back to Earth to make a crash landing on a rocky Nevada hillside.

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