Zachary Slobig 
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These guys attached a bag of 200 airplanes to a helium filled weather balloon and launched them from the edge of space above Berlin. Each plane has a memory card containing a unique message. If you find a plane, they want to hear from you. So far, these little planes have made it as far as Canada, California, and South Africa.
Awesome modern message-in-a-bottle idea or just a clever Samsung ad?
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