Dropping an egg from 12 metres has no chance of survival. Or does it?
With a mixture of creativity, technical skills and a bit of luck, Georgian students tried to defy Newton's law of gravity and see if they could safely land an egg from a 12 metre drop.
The international student contest Red Bull Gravity Challenge 2014, organised by Red Bull energy drink, took place Tbilisi today.
Final testing before the Red Bull Gravity contest. Photo by Red Bull events.
The aim of the competition was to encourage innovation and creativity, and allowing students to think outside the box and show their talent and originality by designing an egg flying machine.
At the Tbilisi State University courtyard today, students tried to safely land an egg after being dropped from 12 metres. Criteria of thr competition meant the egg had to land unharmed without cracks or dents, and it had to touch the ground. The egg also had to land within a specified landing zone.
This chicken is one oh the "creative invention" of the contest's participant. Photo by Red Bull events.
The rules of the contest were very simple - students had to build a team of three and only the team captain could enter the start platform and release their egg. In the meantime, the only thing others team members could do was cross their fingers and cheer as their egg was dropped.
Once landed, judges assessed the condition on the egg and the creativity of the flying egg machine and its team.
The winning team received 600 GEL as a prize.