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Olympus' Stylus Tough-8000 digital camera. Photo provided by Olympus Imaging America Inc. Olympus Stylus TOUGH series - kidproof tests continue
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(Friday, May 22, 2009 - 14:04 EDT)

A couple of weeks ago, we told readers about some fun videos posted on YouTube by Olympus, demonstrating the environmental protection of its Stylus TOUGH digital camera series.

In each video, several Stylus TOUGH digital cameras are given to a group of kids who subject them to everything from soaking in aquariums and fingerpaints, to smothering with ice cream and chocolate syrup. At the time of our previous news item, four such videos had been posted, and Olympus has since revealed another five in the series.

In the latest batch of videos, the kids freeze the cameras into blocks of ice, run over them with tricycles, soak them in a water table, use them as building blocks, and subject them to an energetic dance session. One has to wonder what else the kids (and the adults behind the video camera) can dream up to subject the Stylus TOUGH point-n-shoots to...

In full, here's the current list of videos as of this writing:

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