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Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: Saintaw on August 01, 2006, 07:09:31 AM

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"Armor Holdings Inc. plans to start selling their 'liquid armor' next year. The new armor, originally envisioned to be spread on like peanut butter, is instead sprayed onto Kevlar in ultrathin coats. From the article: 'it's a mix of polyethylene glycol, a polymer found in laxatives and other consumer products, and nanobits of silica, or purified sand. Together they produce a "sheer-thickening liquid" that stiffens instantly into a shield when hit hard by an object. It reverts to its liquid state just as fast when the energy from the projectile dissipates.'"

Linkay! (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/01/0336235&from=rss)

Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: DREDIOCK on August 01, 2006, 07:34:06 AM

My initial respons was going to be,
"and the benifits of this are?"

Then I saw the video

Damn good idea

http://www.break.com/movies/newarmor23.html (http://www.break.com/movies/newarmor23.html)

Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: Jackal1 on August 01, 2006, 07:36:20 AM

Well ain`t that the sheets. :)

Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: Modas on August 01, 2006, 07:44:54 AM

You can actually make something very similar using corn starch and water.  I did this when I was in junior high.

Mix cornstarch with water (mostly cornstarch) and then press on it with a finger or pencil.  If you go real slow, the object will penetrate the corn starch.  If you push very quickly with force, the cornstarch binds up and doesn't let the object penetrate.

Pretty neat actually

Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: deSelys on August 01, 2006, 07:56:59 AM

[nerd alert]
It was called kinetic body armor in the role playing game 'Traveller 2300AD'.
[/nerd alert]

Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: Hawklore on August 01, 2006, 08:02:28 AM

Could lead to more problomatic injuries though..


Major internal bleeding, etc.

Blunt tramua isn't all that great.

Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: Jackal1 on August 01, 2006, 08:28:54 AM

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Originally posted by Hawklore
Could lead to more problomatic injuries though..


Major internal bleeding, etc.

Blunt tramua isn't all that great.

Digging lead out of various parts of your body is not what I would want to take up as a hobby either.
Been there, done that.

Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: Saintaw on August 01, 2006, 08:34:52 AM

jackal, you realy shouldn't be "playing" with them lead pipes you know... ;)

Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: Jackal1 on August 01, 2006, 08:40:12 AM

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Originally posted by Saintaw
jackal, you realy shouldn't be "playing" with them lead pipes you know... ;)

I know, but it`s sort of like eating paint chips in your youth for cartoon commercial break snacks.
It`s a hard habit to break. :)

Title: Army to protect themselves with laxatives.
Post by: Gunslinger on August 01, 2006, 09:33:29 AM

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Originally posted by Hawklore
Could lead to more problomatic injuries though..


Major internal bleeding, etc.

Blunt tramua isn't all that great.

No but it is the fact that bullets don't allways go through and through nice and clean.  SOmetimes they hit large objects like bones that make them bounce around inside your body.