Genius Student Invents “Mobile Airbag” That Deploys When You Drop Your Phone, Tries It With His Phone
This gadget hasn’t hit the shelves yet but it’s already getting great reviews. Philip Frenzel, a student at Aalen University in Germany, designed ADCASE, a genius phone case that deploys an airbag as soon as you drop your device. The invention has already won Frenzel the top award from the German Society for Mechatronics, which considered projects from students all over the country.
“Three years ago, Philip dropped his brand new iPhone,” Peter, a spokesperson for ADCASE told Bored Panda. “The screen cracked thousand times. After that he bought a bunch of conventional phone cases to protect his new phone. But the protection didn’t satisfy him at all.”
At first, Frenzel created an activation mechanism with sensors that detect when the phone is in free fall. But what does it activate? He initially thought of designing an actual airbag on the phone, that and a foam-based alternative, however these designs didn’t prove to be practical. Eventually, instead of something soft, Frenzel settled on something firm. Springs.
In total, it Philip and his team took about two and a half years to create the device. They plan to make it compatible with the newest iPhones, starting from the iPhone 6. To fund the project, they are preparing a Kickstarter campaign that should begin in July.
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Here’s what most of our phones end up looking like after we drop them
This engineering student, however, has created a device that will help you forget broken screens
He 3d-printed its parts
After carefully planning every little detail
When a phone is dropped, the device acts as an airbag, allowing it to safely reach the ground
Here’s how it looks once deployed
The case attaches to the back of the phone without compromising its aesthetic
Watch the full video to see how it works
Here’s what people had to say about the device
Where was the phone on the first picture dropped from? The Empire state building?
A steam roller ran over it lol
it was dropped under a train :D
If so, King Kong stepped on it first.
Looked like smashed by hammer
Only works if you drop it onto a flat surface. If it lands on a rock or any thing else it isn't going to be of any use.
Well, it's a start. ^_-
and if an alien comes from outer space and shove a probe up your butt, it won't help that at all either.
I thought the SAME thing!
I see your point, but it would work as the deployed arms extend away from the phone, so it doesn't matter where you drop it.
While it will protect against most daily urban situations (and less outside of urban environments) it will not protect against all of them, there are always edge cases where you can drop it onto an edge or protruding "object" so that the legs won't make contact before the rest of the phone does.
Not if it falls face first onto a jagged rock, say, while hiking.
It matters a great deal.
... a problem for every solution.
I think the idea is fantastic. This is just the first version, so there's plenty of time to keep developing it. After all, the first iPhone can do nothing compared to its latest version. I'm betting this will be the same way.
Where was the phone on the first picture dropped from? The Empire state building?
A steam roller ran over it lol
it was dropped under a train :D
If so, King Kong stepped on it first.
Looked like smashed by hammer
Only works if you drop it onto a flat surface. If it lands on a rock or any thing else it isn't going to be of any use.
Well, it's a start. ^_-
and if an alien comes from outer space and shove a probe up your butt, it won't help that at all either.
I thought the SAME thing!
I see your point, but it would work as the deployed arms extend away from the phone, so it doesn't matter where you drop it.
While it will protect against most daily urban situations (and less outside of urban environments) it will not protect against all of them, there are always edge cases where you can drop it onto an edge or protruding "object" so that the legs won't make contact before the rest of the phone does.
Not if it falls face first onto a jagged rock, say, while hiking.
It matters a great deal.
... a problem for every solution.
I think the idea is fantastic. This is just the first version, so there's plenty of time to keep developing it. After all, the first iPhone can do nothing compared to its latest version. I'm betting this will be the same way.