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WEBVTT SPACE AGE.... (07-59-16) "I WAS OUT SKIING AND TRYING TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AND TAKE PICTURES AND MY PHONE JUST COMPETELY FRZE UP." THAT'S THE DAY NICK BLANTON PUT THE WHEELS IN MOTON.... (07-59-41) "I RESEARHED IT, NOBODY WAS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO I JUST DECIDED TO COME U WITH THESE CASES." TODAY, THESE "SALT" CASES ARE SOLD WORLD WIDE..... BUILT TO PROTECT PHONES AND ELECTRONICS DIVICES FROM GOING DEAD IN EXTREM COLD OR HEAT...... (07--57) HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN IN THE SNOW? "IT'S BEEN IN THE SNOW FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS." AND JUST T HELP PROVE THEIR WORTH THIS PRETTY CONVINCING DEMONSTRATION --- TWO FROZEN PHONES ONE WITH A CASE THE OTHER WITHOUT.. (07-40-10) "GIVE YOU THE ONE WITHOUT THE CASE A QUICK CHECK BACK INSIDE -- AND THE PHONE WITHOUT.. (07-40-35) AH, DEAD,,, (07-40- 50) "THEN THIS ONE IN THE SALT CASE ,, OPEN UP, THERE IT IS, WORKING. NICK SAYS IT TOOK THE BETTER PART OF TWO YEARS TO RESEARCH AND FIND THE RIGHT MATERIAL - EVENTUALLY TURNING TO A 'NASA' PRODUCT --- IN FACT, THE SPACE AGENCY HAS SINCE FEATURED SALT FOR INCORPORATING THE SAME SPACE AGE MATERIAL IN ITS PHONES --- WHICH IS USED ON ROCKETS.. (08-00-47 "EVERY ROCKET AND EVERY SATALLIE THAT GOES INTO SPACE USES THIS MATERIAL." IT'S A MICRO THIN BI POLAR MATERIAL THAT PROTECTS ROCKETS FROM THE EXTREME HEAT OF TAKE OFF TO THE SEVERE COLD OF SPACE --- I WORKS FOR ROCKETS,, IT WORKS FOR PHONES AS A LINER INSIDE THE CASE.. (08-01-20) "WHEN IT'S WARM OUT IT WILL RELECT THE RADIATION AWAY FROM THE DECICE AND WHEN IT'S COLD AND YOU WANT TO THE HEAT IN, IT REFLECTS THE HEAT OF THE DEVICE BCK ONTO ITSELF." HELPING TO 'STYLISHLY' SOLVE A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM ---- THE SALT CASE IS BUILT TO FIT AN ARRAY OF SMART PHONES, INCLUDING ALL I- PHONES, TABLETS AND LAPTOPS.... FINALLY,,, NCK IS BACK ON THE SKI SLOPES CRANKING HIS MUSIC AND CLICKING OFF ALL THE PICTURES HE CAN... (08-02-05) "ANY AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU WOULD BE OUTSIDE AND BE WILLING TO BE COLD LIKE A

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