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Jeff Campbell
11-13-2010, 12:20 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.cultofmac.com/ipad-is-pretty-much-indestructible-unless-you-blowtorch-it/68999?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cultofmac/bFow+(Cult+of+Mac)' target='_blank'>http://www.cultofmac.com/ipad-is-pr...w+(Cult+of+Mac)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Don't be fooled by the iPad's thin case and fragile-looking glass screen. It may look vulnerable, but the iPad is nearly indestructible, says an artist who specializes in destroying Apple's products. Artist Michael Tompert, who's first exhibit of Apple-inspired artwork opens today, tried to destroy an iPad by hitting it with a sledgehammer."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1289603469.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p>Apparently the sledgehammer wasn't working so well, so he heated it up with a blowtorch, and in his words&nbsp;"I had to blowtorch it for 15 minutes until the inside boiled and it exploded from inside." On one hand at least I know my iPad will survive some hits with a sledgehammer...</p>