The Birdie is a case for GoPro cameras that resembles a badminton shuttlecock and enables you to toss your camera into the air for aerial photography. (I presume you could drop it as well, but I'd imagine any real altitude would risk catastrophic failure.) The Birdie also floats.
Birdie (Amazon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFwdwu9Wnto
(via Laughing Squid)
