Extreme Edge

G-Form, the company that puts its electronics cases to the test – the company's Extreme Sleeve for iPad sustained a 500-foot drop from an airplane and a 12-pound bowling ball – well, they've upped the ante by launching an iPad clad solely in the company's 6oz Extreme Edge case into space and then let it free-fall back to Earth.

G-Form released a hi-def video last Thursday where the nearly naked iPad is shown hanging above the Earth in the blackness of space. In the video, the iPad is lifted to over 100,000 feet by a weather balloon which bursts at altitude, then releasing the iPad to free-fall to Earth where it crash lands on a rocky hillside in the Nevada countryside. Perhaps even more remarkable than the dramatic hi-def footage itself is the fact that the iPad survives the adventure, remaining fully functional.

"As far as we know, this is the first iPad ever in space," said G-Form's VP innovations, Thom Cafaro, "And definitely it's the first iPad that's ever free-fallen from space and survived to play more movies. We are usually known for making the most protective gear on the planet," he continued,” so we decided why not raise the bar to off the planet too."

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