Flip MinoHD works in vacuum!

[ApolloWasReal]

Khan, there's no reason I must watch this, is there?

[HedgehogStudios1]

That does make sense. Besides the fact that no air means no sound, it should work just fine.

[lotanerve]

It was working...my ears were hurting.

[cubby3o5]

did you lock him in the vacuum?!

[titmousetalks]

zzzzzz

[UBERKron]

im impressed by the chamber, perhaps you culd do a bag of marshmellos next?

[bakonfreek]

if you were in a 100% vacuum, there would be no sound because there would be no air to vibrate and create the sound...that was legit

[coffeebuzzz]

Shitty work practice leaving a one ton door swinging at random. In the real world, you would be sacked for neglecting an obvious and serious danger to person and property.

[WhiteHawkUK]

@coffeebuzzz : You know, for a moment there, I thought this video *was* shot in 'the real world'. Amazing what they can do with CGI nowadays, eh?

[bryce995]

i have one of thoes

[ICETEEBAG]

does this mean that astronauts can text in outerspace?

provided its strapped on to their wrist and that one of the satellites is pointed in their direction.

[hobonhan999]

so whats the best kind of camera for its price?

[CooCurrent]

Could somebody explain why there it sound in the vacuum, or am I missing something. It's good to know I can use my Flip Video Camera in space, but let's hope the flip camera doesn't freeze to death, or run out of battery :)

[junkymagi]

@CooCurrent There is a tiny bit of air in the chamber plus it's not floating in there, it's on a stand that is attached to the side of the chamber. Sound is traveling up the tripod and vibrating the whole camera so it's recorded as sound.

[tfcdomprice]

95 Torr is still 1/8 of sea level pressure, and still 10x greater than the mean surface pressure on mars. Hardly earth orbit.

[clunkaclunka3333]

well it's good to know that if you're ever in a place without air, you can still record!! :D

[BurchamHale]

Are you sure that vacuum chamber is big enough?

Geeez! It's just a little camera!

[Exestenz]

derp

[Kzaks]

Maybe next time you could have something to illustrate the pressure change in real time ...like maybe a marshmallow or a balloon?

[WhiteHawkUK]

@Kzaks : I absolutely second the marshmallow suggestion! :)

[guzguz21]

You look like having lots of fun, too bad i'm so dumb to work in something like that :(

[technoholican]

now u can use it in spaaaaace!

[Love8evol]

So is it really a good deal, anyone? I had gone to Best buy but dumbme forgot to write down the analysis of the cameras. Yes, I went out but left my study mode at home. So if anyone could tell me the pros and cons of purchasing this camera for $207.99, please write. JDG

[kerpal3]

don't the flip mini hd get the flip ultra hd. it is worth the price.

i heard flip mini is bad but the flip ultra hd is amazing i have one.

it gives you nice quality video.

its also pocket sized

you can record 2 hours before editing it and saving it onto the computer

it can be taken anywhere.

it sounds to good to be true but it is a great product in my opinion

[RedRayIV]

@kerpal3 I was going to get the Ultra HD but I got the MinoHD because I bought there second gen versoin or the premium Mino HD its alot better then the normal Mino HD and the Ultra HD

[roidroid]

it's impressive that a flash camera has enough space to record in full HD for the whole time it takes to suction down to 50 torr.

That must be hours of HD footage

[benwl]

Actually it only takes us ~15 minutes to get to 50Torr. The MinoHD will record for an hour, so that was plenty of time to get to even lower vacuum.

[roidroid]

wow, such a large volume i thought the pumps would take forever.

[roninz33]

15 minutes seems like an awful long time. What are you using as a roughing pump? I operate a similar sized chamber fitted with a cryopump and a TMP. I'd be in hivac in that amount of time.

[ngfisher]

What is your job.. if I may ask? Or what do you do at your job?

[benwl]

I'm a plasma physicist and work on the VASIMR plasma rocket....you can see my other videos for that. I did my Ph.D. at the Univ. of Wisconsin and right now I am employed by the University of Houston as a post-doctoral fellow and will soon join the Ad Astra Rocket Company as a full time employee.

[ngfisher]

Wow, that is cool. I'm sophomore studying electrical engineering and i recently joined a team that is working on building a small satellite. Joining this team has sparked my interest in satellites and space. Thanks for the cool videos...

[aerotown42]

@benwl nice mang

[retrovirus61]

word

[maglight117]

awsome