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Must watch video: Father and son send iPhone into space
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Brilliant, clever and a bit eerie. Really surprised the phone didn't travel further from its launch site. Nicely put together little video.
that was realy cool, i was hoping it could more of the sun then it was shown. Very cool nonetheless. Space has always mesmerized me and i wanted to take some astronomy classes in high but didnt 
its crazy what's out there, absolutely love it!
needless to say as soon as im out of uni and have a decent job i will be getting a really nice telescope
its crazy what's out there, absolutely love it!needless to say as soon as im out of uni and have a decent job i will be getting a really nice telescope
I think the GPS and beacon were additional elements NOT on the phone (IE he added a beacon and also had a gps device there)
Not sure.. but it would have to be. At least the beacon was separate. I imagine (since I believe they said they found it at night with the light) that maybe they went to the appx area last reported by the GPS if they only used the iPhone GPS.
Oh wait, he says in the video "There's the camera right there, and here's the iPhone, which we use to track it." And it's actually the iPhone 3GS and not the "current model".
But the viewing angle of the video looks really wide, so I guess I just assumed from the article that it was recorded with the iPhone, since it makes the distinction that the iPhone used was the one "with the video camera", and they "let it go with the camera running".
But the viewing angle of the video looks really wide, so I guess I just assumed from the article that it was recorded with the iPhone, since it makes the distinction that the iPhone used was the one "with the video camera", and they "let it go with the camera running".
Very cool video. Thanks for sharing. I hope they Mythbusters test this using an iphone, it would be interesting to see their results.
I found this story quite interesting and the fact that they used an iPhone is cool.
That guy is one cool dad, I am sure his kid thinks he is the man. I am glad they found their rig because you know not everyone would have been kind enough to return the phone. This story makes me want to dream up some fun project.
That guy is one cool dad, I am sure his kid thinks he is the man. I am glad they found their rig because you know not everyone would have been kind enough to return the phone. This story makes me want to dream up some fun project.
The iPhone was only used to track the balloon, The only thing that went to space was a HD Camcorder.
Still a cool vid though.
the phone def went to the space, how else would it transmit a gps signal
The iPhone was only used to track the balloon, The only thing that went to space was a HD Camcorder.
Still a cool vid though.
In the video @ 1:25 it shows the capsule and the contents which did include the iPhone. Like taran420 said they used it for the GPS capabilities so they could find it when it returned to earth.
No, it's not very straight forward, because the article states that the iPhone was "the current model, with video camera" and "let it go with the camera running", suggesting that it was the iPhone 4 with HD video that was used to record the video.
But that's not the case. So while the video is cool, the iPhone 3G was really only used to find the little carrier.
