Among the egg drop participants, one of the most interesting examples is one that other students had dubbed "Schrödinger's Box". It's design was rather simple, it was a box made from layers and layers of toothpicks, tightly laced and then hot-glued together in a very effective looking box. Only two questions really surrounded this project: Would it work and how can we tell?
Once the box had been dropped the exterior showed no damage whatsoever and the design was so tightly made that no yolk was able to drip out if it had broken. After the student retrieved his box the professor and he held the box up to their ears and shook it to see if they could tell. They were able to discern the failure of the experiment from the sloshing sound they heard when they shook it. I suspect that not only did the project fail, but it did so in a manner similar to Ashe's egg- magnificently shattered. Though without splitting it open, we may never know the full extent of the damage.
Though the layer of toothpicks, sticks and glue was an impressive amount, it really wouldn't have been enough to displace the shock enough to protect the fragile shell of the egg. However it was tightly enough packed and sealed with glue that I doubt that any of the egg would ever have escaped it's new prison on it's own.
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