G-Form iPad Extreme Sleeve 2: $69.95
UPDATE (Jan. 6, 2011) -- The folks from G-Form have been working hard to prove that their iPad Sleeve can withstand some powerful impacts. Recently, the used a weather balloon to send an sleeve-encased iPad 100,000 feet into the air. At that height, the balloon burst sending the iPad plummeting toward the Earth. After impact, the iPad was still intact. You read more and see the video here.
After watching a movie on your iPad, you slip it back into its protective sleeve, trustingly zip it up and leave it resting on a cinder block in your backyard. Then, out of nowhere, a random woman approaches with a bowling ball and drops it on your encased iPad! (See a video here.) Before asking why she's walking around with a bowling ball -- or why she targeted your particular tablet -- you open the sleeve to find your iPad still functioning, without a scratch on it.
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Luckily, your case (the 4th one in the above video) is G-Form's iPad Extreme Sleeve 2, which utilizes Poron XRD, a high-impact absorbing material developed by Rogers Corporation. The material contains urethane molecules -- commonly found in coatings and plastics -- that give the sleeve a soft, cushiony feel. But upon impact, the molecular bonds instantly lock up, causing the material to become rigid.
The sleeve absorbs up to 90 percent of the energy in a high-speed impact. In fact, the same material that protects your iPad in contrived situations like the one above, also protects skaters, skiers, bikers, hockey players and other real-world athletes from bearing the brunt in their respective sports.
Credit: G-Force
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