Summary: Remember that record breaking jump from near space that Mr. Baumgartner did back in October? His height record was just broken by a teddy bear.
The bear was lifted into space by a high altitude balloon flown by Dave Akerman. Inside the bear was a Raspberry Pi computer. A very basic computer, it is often used for people designing their own mini experiments. The computer took images as the balloon and the bear ascended high above the earth. It then switched to video in order to capture the jump from the basket and the subsequent plummet to the surface.
BBC News
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