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Flexible Body Armor

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hard-designs dept.

dotmax writes "One item to pop out of the Turin Winter Olympics is the use of flexible body armor. Similar to silly putty, this shear rate material is flexible under normal load and hardens under impact. Sounds expensive, but could offer some great alternatives for traditional hard shelled impact gear in active sports and military applications."

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  1. any reason by LiquidMind · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    any particular reason these suits vaguely resemble that of spiderman's?
    could this be some geek-inventor's (redundant, i know) idea of making his childhood dream of being a superhero come true?

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