Posted on 11/16/2009 6:38:49 AM PST by Reaganesque
The latest object to shoot high-def video from the edge of space is…an arm chair. To promote its REGZA SV LCD TVs (LED backlight, local dimming), Toshiba trekked into the Black Rock Desert with a helium balloon. Watch the result:
Click here to go to page with video.
This is the first part of the ad. The second half for their Satellite T Series ULV laptops will come out next year. [Toshiba UK via Engadget]
Facts about the shoot:
• The shots were taken at a staggering 98,268 feet above the earth using Toshiba's own cameras
• To reach the altitude required and to conform with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the weight of the rig had to be carefully managed to a weight of no more than four pounds
• Tied to the rig was a specially created full-sized model chair made of biodegradable balsa wood – the chair was made by a company called Artem and cost about £2,500
• Launch coordinates of the rig were - 119 degrees, 14 minutes by 40 degrees, 48 minute (12 miles North-East of the town of Gerlach, Nevada)
• The quality of the footage from the Toshiba IK-HR1S cameras was: 1920x1080 pixel count; 1080i @ 50hz; 100 Mbps
• The temperature dropped to minus 90 degrees when the chair reached 52,037 feet
• The chair took 83 minutes to reach an altitude of 98,268 feet where it broke and took just 24 minutes to fall back down to earth with the rig.
First reports said that a six-year-old boy was sitting on the chair as it ascended, but he was later found in an attic.
I don’t get it. Where’s the camera? And where’s the tether from the chair to the baloon?
You can see it all in the video.
Oh, now I see. Watch the video. It’s pretty cool. Looks like monofilament line is the tether to the chair. It’s visible in some of the shots.
That’s one mighty expensive 6 inch chair.
As opposed to that non-biodegradable Balsa wood? ALL WOOD IS BIODEGRADABLE!!!
But this wood is better for the environment, because it's also organic.
You can tell it's organic because it costs about $3000 and organic wood is more expensive.
ROTFLOL!! Winner!!
To reach the altitude required and to conform with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the weight of the rig had to be carefully managed to a weight of no more than four pounds
Should have used an old toilet, planted with geraniums.
Regards
alfa6 :>}
What the...
Why???
At the time IIRC, There was a shortage of bombs and to maintain sortie rate planes were being sent off with less than a full bomb load.
Try here...
http://midwaysailor.com/midwayva25bomb/
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
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