Video conferencing skydivers at Google I/O the best demo ever?  Jun 27 2012

To demonstrate a pair of their products, Google arranged for a group of skydivers to jump out of a blimp and parachute onto the roof of the Moscone Center in San Francisco, the building in which the Google I/O was being held. The divers were each wearing a pair of Google Glass networking glasses and video chatting on a Google+ Hangout.

Here's what it looked like from the ground:

I think this is what Robin Sloan was referencing in his tweet earlier:

Watched #GoogleIO. This company is totally Doc Brown. In one corner, an automatic banana-peeler; in the other, A WORKING TIME MACHINE.

Skydiver lands safely without parachute  May 23 2012

Gary Connery is apparently the first person to skydive out of an aircraft and land on the ground without injury without the use of a parachute.

(via devour)

The skydiving car  Nov 02 2011

Who knew that watching a freefalling car would be so beautiful?

(thx, gregory)

Video of a skydiver hitting the ground  Feb 14 2007

Video of a skydiver hitting the ground at 80 mph after his chute didn't open properly. Here's the full story.