Come on, it's not rocket science.

Looks like it failed :(

Edit: Failed was the wrong word, aborted is the correct term.

An on pad abort is very very different from a failed launch. They'll try again later.

By failed you mean successfully aborted.

Let's not exaggerate. It's impressive that their self-test could abort successfully, yes. Though it's not certain yet whether there was anything wrong and it should have aborted.

I always listen to grunge.

As a fan of both Radiohead and Spotify this makes me sad :(

Is this exclusive to College students or are High School students eligible too?

High school students are eligible as well.

Since most high schools don't issue email addresses, the turnaround for approval can be longer.

I have a school issued ID, how would I go about this? Would I simply use the same form but with my personal email?

Use the same form and provide some additional context in the comment field.

I just did exactly that! Thanks :)

While I can't speak for your personal experiences I've noticed that Vine is becoming increasingly popular with my High School classmates (I'm a sophomore). Many of my friends I wouldn't necessarily consider "techie" found Vine and are enjoying it. Maybe age is playing a role in its adoption?

That is entirely possible. I think it still comes down to how much work it is for the payoff, but perhaps the payoff is bigger as a high school student where these things can have more of an effect on social status than they do to the late 20s/early 30s set*

* I hope that doesn't come off as too condescending to HS students, I certainly don't mean it to be!

>* I hope that doesn't come off as too condescending to HS students, I certainly don't mean it to be!

I think that it's exactly the right kind of condescending to high school students. An environment where something like Vine can significantly effect your popularity is probably so toxic that only scum can breathe in it.

That didn't come off as condescending to me at all, I appreciate the comment. I'm not entirely sure if my classmates use it to gain popularity or simply use it for fun but then again I'm not exactly "popular" myself so I'm not sure.

This looks absolutely amazing, great work!

What I'm curious to know is, is it shatter or crack-proof? I don't know anyone who has "scratched" their phone screen but I see people all the time with shattered screens (or backs of phones) because they dropped their phone. To me it would be revolutionary if you could drop your phone without it cracking. "Cases" would be a thing of the past (and rightfully so).

So I imagine that most people when they shatter the glass on their phone its because of compression of the glass. I found this http://abrisatechnologies.com/docs/AT%20Specialty%20Glass%20... that says gorilla glass has a compressive strength of 800 MPa, and this http://www.roditi.com/SingleCrystal/Sapphire/Properties.html says that sapphire has a compressive strength of 2.0 GPa.

Additionally the flexural strength of sapphire appears to be ~20x higher then any of the "bending strengths" listed in that pdf

I'm afraid of shattering from dropping the phone. Does that translate into a compression? Or something else? (vibration?) Honest question.

For common uses of "shatter" and "crack", yes, sapphire can.

I've scratched the crap out of my 4s and 5 glass by forgetting "left pocket phone, right pocket keys" on too many occasions.

Are you talking about iPhones? They're not sapphires.

Sapphires are commonly used in watches. Not the cheapest watches, but any watch more expensive than a few hundreds typically has a sapphire glass.

That's why I mentioned glass. The parent stated «I don't know anyone who has "scratched" their phone screen.»

The parent also asked if sapphire could be shattered or cracked. My response to both comments is probably what confused you.

Plastic doesn't shatter.

Pretty much any solid can shatter if enough force is applied.

Case in point: Take a frisbee, lay it on the ground, and smash it with a sledgehammer. It will break or burst suddenly into pieces, i.e. shatter[1]

[1]http://www.wordnik.com/words/shatter

That is very cool! I hadn't yet heard about the Hue but you've got me interested in it now. Great article!

Is there a higher resolution image available? I'd love to make that a new desktop background.