Robot teddy bear beats daredevil Felix's record skydive

Giant leap for teddy bear! A cuddly robot bear controlled by a computer has beaten daredevil Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking skydiving jump.
With the help of a weather balloon, the bear named Babbage climbed to an estimated height of 39,000m before tumbling back to Earth.
Baumgartner made the furthest free-fall in October 2012, from a balloon almost 39km high and now the bear called Babbage has leapt from a similar height.
The low-cost micro-computer inside Babbage transmitted its position and shot stills and video throughout the flight and descent, 'BBC News' reported.
Babbage is a creation of high-altitude ballooning enthusiast Dave Akerman, who has used the Raspberry Pi as the control centre on other flights.

The launch site was a field near Akerman's home north of Newbury, in Berkshire UK.

Babbage drifted south-west during its flight and rose to a height of just over 39km - slightly higher than Baumgartner's record of 38,969m, the report said.
Akerman made a cradle that Babbage sat on during the flight that was equipped with another camera that shot pictures similar to those clicked over the shoulder of Baumgartner before he jumped.
The Raspberry Pi inside the bear and his cradle switched from stills to video to record the moment when the toy fell off the cradle and started its descent.

Akerman said the whole flight had gone "brilliantly".
"It released on time at just above 39km," he said, adding that a firing mechanism on the balloon was set to trigger just above that altitude.