Liquid Armor - now this is just cool.

McLoki
McLoki Posts: 5,231
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
Can't wait to see how this develops. A liquid sprayed between kevlar that will not only stop bullets, but knives as well.

Gotta love technology.

Michael

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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited August 2006
    very interesting concept.
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited August 2006
    That liquid/solid material in very interesting. You can make a dense mixture of corn starch and water and test it. This mixture is also very good for cleaning windows, much better than Windex because it leaves no streeks. This mixture turns to a solid when pressed. And returns back to a liquid without the pressure. I don't see how it would stop a pick however. Maybe they add strong carbon fibers to the mixture to hold ot together.

    Thanks McLoki
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited August 2006
    From the comment section of the article.


    Nickname: gimle
    Review: What if you move the "knife" slowly, like in the well-known sci-fi "dune"? Wouldn't a slow-moving blade be able to penetrate a gel-substance like this?
    Date reviewed: Aug 1, 2006 9:46 PM

    Nickname: Cybrludite
    Review: gimle, Try that slow moving blade thing on your average marine & have your next of kin let us know how it turned out. ;-)
    Date reviewed: Aug 2, 2006 6:22 AM

    haha, that had me laughing pretty hard. :D
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited August 2006
    I'd like to test this product!!! By test I mean stand in front of a firing squad of course!
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