Author Topic: SuperGel (Read 292 times)

Rolex · « **on:** September 19, 2007, 12:08:21 AM »

A company called Geltec has some new gels with some amazing damping characteristics. They dropped an egg from a 7 story building onto it without breaking the egg.

Here is a video: Link>>

The guy with the mic doesn't believe it will work. He asks the president if it really won't break and the president says that it's fine, no problem. He still doesn't believe him, saying something to the effect of, "Here's the first try..."

They dropped a champagne glass later, and it didn't break.

AWMac · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2007, 12:19:28 AM »

Dammmmmm and I ALWAYS break my eggs and Champagne glasses whenever I'm on a frikken 7 story building.

Just amazing....

Man wasn't this just stupid?

Mac

Please do NOT adjust your Monitors.....

JB73 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2007, 12:23:24 AM »

thats pretty freakin cool

1K3 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2007, 12:50:07 AM »

That material should be used on every skateboarding parks in US to prevent injuries:aok

Pooh21 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 19, 2007, 12:54:03 AM »

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Originally posted by 1K3
That material should be used on every skateboarding parks in US to prevent injuries:aok

No. without Break.com and liveleak my productivity would rise. there needs to be a 24 hour "When Sk8trbois Auger" channel

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2007, 07:00:11 AM »

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Originally posted by 1K3
That material should be used on every skateboarding parks in US to prevent injuries:aok

but if you look carefully at the end you will see the yolk is broken.
evidently it can protect the outside. But not the inside

BBBB · « **Reply #6 on:** September 19, 2007, 07:17:06 AM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
but if you look carefully at the end you will see the yolk is broken.
evidently it can protect the outside. But not the inside

Umm alright.. How do you suppose it should go about protecting the inside of the egg?

moot · « **Reply #7 on:** September 19, 2007, 07:29:32 AM »

More dampening still.

Wow, that's pretty cool... Could this be any use in cushioning space/planet probes' landing?

john9001 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 19, 2007, 07:39:05 AM »

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Originally posted by BBBB
Umm alright.. How do you suppose it should go about protecting the inside of the egg?

don't drop the egg.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #9 on:** September 19, 2007, 08:15:39 AM »

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Originally posted by BBBB
Umm alright.. How do you suppose it should go about protecting the inside of the egg?

You cant.
Thats the point.
As far as humans are concerned
What good is protecting the outside if you cant protect the inside

moot · « **Reply #10 on:** September 19, 2007, 08:34:27 AM »

Dred just dampen it some more. If you're going to have an apparatus on the scale of human bodies, you probably have enough room/resources to allow for more dampening, e.g. with a bungie sort of elasticity built into whatever contraption the human body is traveling in.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #11 on:** September 19, 2007, 08:56:46 AM »

Happy day for eggs worldwide