http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXkoIBDXwd8&feature=player_embedded#!
Apparently fishing just doesn’t cut it anymore.
In one of the coolest amateur science experiments NewsFeed has come across, a father-and-son team, and others from the “Brooklyn Space Program,” launched a weather balloon into the stratosphere along with an HD video camera that captured virtually the entire flight. The team placed some hand-warmers inside a specially built insulated capsule that held the camera and an iPhone, which, through its GPS capabilities, allowed the team to track it down once it landed.
Full Story: Father-Son Team Launch Balloon With HD Camera, iPhone Into Space – TIME NewsFeed