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Flexible Armor that Hardens on Impact


A nice follow up to my MIT memory fabric article. This one talks about a new type of material that turns into armor on impact. It's being used at the Winter Olympics by skiers this year. :toocool

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8721&feedId=online-news_rss20

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Re: Flexible material that instantly hardens into armour


I heard about that. Very cool :toocool Really hard to believe it works like that though.

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Re: Flexible material that instantly hardens into armour


What will they think of next?
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Re: Flexible material that instantly hardens into armour


AWESOME!!!

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Re: Flexible material that instantly hardens into armour


that sounds like this stuff

http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2004/armor052404.html

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Re: Flexible material that instantly hardens into armour


Quote:

the material is synthesised by mixing together a viscose fluid and a polymer



Corn Flour + polymer emoticon

corn flour + water in the right ratio creates a REALLY weird substance that on impact becomes solid.

i wouldn't be surpriced if thats where they grabbed the building blocks for it.

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Re: Flexible material that instantly hardens into armour


I want some shorts sprayed with that stuff.

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Re: Flexible material that instantly hardens into armour


How the fu*k do you guys find this stuff?

You must not have kids! :lol I wish I had time to read. :lol



This is something to invest in.



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Re: Flexible material that instantly hardens into armour


I think I posted this before in the "real batman" costume thread, but Auburn University invented a ballistic fabric that will stop a bullet.

Here is the PDF file.
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Here's a video on the stuff... D3O


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