The
other day infront of a busy traffic junction – was a young girl on a scooty,
talking on mobile (placed between her head and shoulders) – the signal turned
green, the van driver behind buzzed horn impatiently, the girl slightly lifted
her head and sped ~ for a second I was worried of the mobile falling down, but
it was secured around her neck and nonchalantly was intact.
‘Drop
test’ (noun) - a test of the strength of an object, in which it
is dropped under standard conditions or a set weight is dropped on it from a
given height. Marine Cargo insurance is about
insuring cargoes in transit from place to place and one of the important aspect
for consideration is the way they are packed.
The packing should be good enough to protect the subject matter from the
normal hazards during transportation.
Yesterday, read an interesting article on ‘ultimate drop
test’. It is a new model expected to be
unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the beginning of March and go
on sale in April 2015. Samsung's next
generation Galaxy handset could have a curved screen that covers both its
sides. The handset, which is expected to have a 5.5inch screen, will come in a
'special edition' version with the curved technology, according to Sammobile. The
Korean giant believes its curved technology could give it an edge over arch
rival Apple. It will also have an
octa-core processor, Mali-T768 graphics processing unit, and a 16-megapixel
rear-facing camera.
Earlier this month,
in the face of stiff competition, and following a consecutive drop in profits,
Samsung announced plans to curb the number of phones it makes each year. Instead
of releasing handset after handset and saturating the market with Samsung
devices, the firm has decided it needs to concentrate on making fewer handsets,
better. There reportedly has been drop
in profits.
The post
is about the drop test of ‘iPhone 6’ sent 100,000ft up to the edge of space - and
surviving temperatures of -56C (and a crash-landing) without a single scratch. MailOnline reports that an iPhone 6 has survived what must rank as the
ultimate drop test after being sent 100,000ft (30,480 metres) to the edge of
space and brought back down to earth with a thud.Incredible footage reveals the
device soaring into the stratosphere while attached to a weather balloon, and
being exposed to 70mph (112kph) winds and temperatures of below -56°C (-70°F). The
rig carrying the phone then drops back down to earth, before crashing to the
ground to supposedly demonstrate the durability of its protective case.
The firm sent the
iPhone into space attached to a rig that had two GoPro cameras, a GPS locator,
a weather balloon to lift it to the intended 100,000ft altitude and a parachute
to regulate the descent. A video posted by CNET, shows that the rig
lifting off from a field close to Chirk Castle in north Wales on a grey, rainy
day in November. Footage reveals the
device surviving 70mph (112kph) winds and temperatures reaching below -56°C
(-70°F). The image after loading shows
that the phone despite not having a screen
protector still managed to come out unscathed.
The balloon rapidly climbs above the rain clouds to emerge
in bright sunshine and, as it gains altitude, so the temperature rapidly drops.
Once it passes 101,000ft, the balloon is detached from the rig and the handset
begins its fall back to earth. The parachute fails to fully stabilise the rig
and the footage shows it spinning wildly as it descends, turning at speeds of
up to 150rpm. It eventually lands, in a field 12 miles from its take-off point,
with an almighty bump that breaks the rig - but the iPhone remains intact.
Steve Armstrong,
the co-founder of Urban Armor Gear, said after the test: 'Our cases already
meet military drop-test standards, but now we can officially say that they are
space tested as well. So another good reason to buy
one, as many of us negligently let go and cause falling down of our mobiles, to
find their touchscreen or other vital parts not functioning.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
22nd Jan
2015.
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