The mad scientists at Toshiba are at it again. With the help of Simon Faithful, they created not only the world's highest HD TV ad, but one of the highest ads period. By attaching their HD cameras to a weather balloon, they sacrificed the cams to make a point. Not only can it perform, look what we can do with it. We can focus on a vintage chair going into space. Beautiful results. Wait for the balloon pop.
Be sure to see the Making Of as well. via todayandtomorrow
Ehhhh ...Yeah....? ...So what....?
Mine is: did it really make it into "space"?
In the "making 0f" clip they talk about roughly 100.000ft or 30 kilometers. That is way below the 328083.33ft or 100 kilometers mark that is the hight that stands for the edge of space as defined by the International Aeronautical Federation and that was reached by Spaceship One to be recognised as a spaceship with a true astronaut.
But even then- I doubt if this kind of balloon could really float up to the top of the atmosphere, because- like this one does on camera- most balloons explode far below that level...
Speaking as a professional in the creative field, they could've done it a lot better.
But maybe this achievement will spark something even better down the road.
Inexplicably, the chair cost about $4,000 to make.
I think its just lovely, and until you upload the fabulous video of your own comparable exploit, a second pppppffffttttt!!!!!
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