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Re: VEX Battery accident

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Originally Posted by adciv View Post
Well, the batteries went into thermal runaway. Cause TBD. Unfortunately this is one of the failure modes shared with Lithium Batteries (see 787 for more details).
The 787 plane, not the team

If you can keep the iPad close for long enough it will focus in a macro mode (I know and share your pet peeve, Ether!). The iPad unfortunately doesn't have a flash, so the exposure will still suffer under those fluorescent lights.
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