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This amazing airbag contains neither air nor bags! But I really can't think of a better, clearer word for it.

by hughes 8y ago

ars 8y ago
Shock absorbers. Impact buffers. Phone springs. Bouncy bumpers. Splat stoppers. Impact immunity. Crash catcher.
- krzrak 8y ago
  Springy thingies.
  - mattkevan 8y ago
    Splatty bouncers
    - onewhonknocks 8y ago
      Inertial dampeners
      - deleted 8y ago
        [deleted]
- vidanay 8y ago
  Landing struts
starpilot 8y ago
Shock absorber? In any case, I'd like to see higher drop tests. Wonder if it would have helped a week ago, when I dropped my phone while rock climbing and it shattered on a slab ~150 ft below.
- social_quotient 8y ago
  “In any case” Haha I see what you did there
- joosters 8y ago
  Maybe you should have attached a parachute?
- annabellish 8y ago
  That doesn't capture the intent here, though, which is that they "deploy" in response to a "crash".
- Piskvorrr 8y ago
  That's probably not a very common occurence - wouldn't a lanyard do a better job there? (instead of "I dropped it and it landed somewhere in a 100 ft radius, probably in multiple pieces" it would be "I dropped it and now it hangs right there, 1 ft away")
  - anjc 8y ago
    > That's probably not a very common occurence - wouldn't a lanyard do a better job there? Nope, little plastic arms
    - Piskvorrr 8y ago
      I'm not replying to what you think I'm replying. To summarize: little plastic arms are not useful against dropping a phone from 150 ft. Because: 1. they are not made to absorb a shock that large, 2. even if, the phone would bounce, 3. even then, you're looking for a phone in a fairly large area. Easier not to drop it all of 150 ft in the first place; most people dropping phones do so from human-comparable heights, and that's where the little plastic arms are useful. Clearer now?
  - starpilot 8y ago
    The tricky thing with a lanyard or tether is then keeping the phone in my pocket while climbing and not having a trip hazard. If there was a way to attach the tether to the inside of the pocket then that would work.
aaron695 8y ago
"Therefore, the product is also called "AD Case", which stands for "active damping" https://www.pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/hochschule-aalen-technik-und-wirtschaft/Vom-Handy-Airbag-zum-Active-Damping/boxid/904520 https://www.pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/hochschule-aalen-t...
cyberfart 8y ago
Expecto Patronuses?

This amazing airbag contains neither air nor bags! But I really can't think of a better, clearer word for it.

by hughes 8y ago

This amazing airbag contains neither air nor bags! But I really can't think of a better, clearer word for it.

ars 8y ago

Shock absorbers. Impact buffers. Phone springs. Bouncy bumpers. Splat stoppers. Impact immunity. Crash catcher.

krzrak 8y ago
Springy thingies.
- mattkevan 8y ago
  Splatty bouncers
  - onewhonknocks 8y ago
    Inertial dampeners
    - deleted 8y ago
      [deleted]
vidanay 8y ago
Landing struts

starpilot 8y ago

Shock absorber? In any case, I'd like to see higher drop tests. Wonder if it would have helped a week ago, when I dropped my phone while rock climbing and it shattered on a slab ~150 ft below.

social_quotient 8y ago
“In any case” Haha I see what you did there
joosters 8y ago
Maybe you should have attached a parachute?
annabellish 8y ago
That doesn't capture the intent here, though, which is that they "deploy" in response to a "crash".
Piskvorrr 8y ago
That's probably not a very common occurence - wouldn't a lanyard do a better job there? (instead of "I dropped it and it landed somewhere in a 100 ft radius, probably in multiple pieces" it would be "I dropped it and now it hangs right there, 1 ft away")
- anjc 8y ago
  > That's probably not a very common occurence - wouldn't a lanyard do a better job there? Nope, little plastic arms
  - Piskvorrr 8y ago
    I'm not replying to what you think I'm replying. To summarize: little plastic arms are not useful against dropping a phone from 150 ft. Because: 1. they are not made to absorb a shock that large, 2. even if, the phone would bounce, 3. even then, you're looking for a phone in a fairly large area. Easier not to drop it all of 150 ft in the first place; most people dropping phones do so from human-comparable heights, and that's where the little plastic arms are useful. Clearer now?
- starpilot 8y ago
  The tricky thing with a lanyard or tether is then keeping the phone in my pocket while climbing and not having a trip hazard. If there was a way to attach the tether to the inside of the pocket then that would work.

aaron695 8y ago

"Therefore, the product is also called "AD Case", which stands for "active damping" https://www.pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/hochschule-aalen-technik-und-wirtschaft/Vom-Handy-Airbag-zum-Active-Damping/boxid/904520 https://www.pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/hochschule-aalen-t...

cyberfart 8y ago

Expecto Patronuses?