{"id":26642,"date":"2012-01-28T18:16:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T10:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=26642"},"modified":"2012-01-28T18:16:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T10:16:23","slug":"teenage-canadian-boys-sent-lego-man-to-space-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/teenage-canadian-boys-sent-lego-man-to-space-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenage Canadian Boys Sent Lego Man to Space (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you may already know, they are not the first to send something to space (<a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/06\/ipad-in-g-form-case-survived-100000-foot-drop-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/07\/sending-an-iphone-4s-to-space-almost-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/05\/british-astronaut-teddy-bears-conquers-the-outer-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). However, I must say that they did it cleverly using existing gadgets and resourcefulness. Check out the video and how they did it after the break.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/753849678.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/teenage-canadian-boys-sent-lego-man-to-space-video\/attachment\/753849678\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/753849678.jpg?fit=625%2C341&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"625,341\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"753849678\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/753849678.jpg?fit=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/753849678.jpg?fit=625%2C341&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-26644\" title=\"753849678\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/753849678.jpg?resize=600%2C328\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/753849678.jpg?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/753849678.jpg?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Watch the video first.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MQwLmGR6bPA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are the &#8220;ingredients&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Weather balloon x 1<\/li>\n<li>Homemade parachute x 1<\/li>\n<li>point-and-shoot camera x 3<\/li>\n<li>Styrofoam box x 1<\/li>\n<li>Wide-angle video camera x 1<\/li>\n<li>Mobile phone loaded with a GPS app x 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BTW, the project costs US$400 and the balloon reaches an estimated height of 24km before the Lego Man was sent back to earth (in approximately half hour).<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1120808--toronto-teens-send-lego-man-on-an-a-balloon-odyssey-24-kilometres-high\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Read the Full Story<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>[ad#img]<br \/>\n[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1120808--toronto-teens-send-lego-man-on-an-a-balloon-odyssey-24-kilometres-high\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/canadian-teens-put-a-lego-man-into-space-for-just-400\/\" target=\"_blank\">Digitaltrends<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may already know, they are not the first to send something to space (here, here and here). 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