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Liquid Armor the New Bulletproof Vest
kjh1 writes "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.'"
First the military is developing something called an "ultrasonic tourniquet", now somebody is making bulletproof peanut butter?? Fuck this shit, the universe is just too weird right now. I am going to bed.
"it's a mix of polyethylene glycol, a polymer found in laxatives..."
As if having a gun fired at you isn't enough to make you shit your pants...
Product Announcement! New, glistening panty-hose. Shimmering as if they're wet. Catches eyes. Attracts only the daring. Promotes celibacy and abstinence!
... humiliation as you try again and again, unable to even stretch the panty-chasty-hose. The situation goes... limp.
In the heat of the moment, you push her against the wall and kiss. Heat. Fire. Desire. You reach down below her skirt, and trying to be spontanious, rip at her pantyhose... but wait! No satisfying tear or gasp escape from her lips...
"Liqui-hose, helping you dodge a bullet every night."
Can they produce gloves able to stand up to shark bites ?
Thereby forcing sharks to evolve frickin' lasers on their heads.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
if ... you're not a drunk/wreckless driver that is likely to slam into a building/rock face/telephone pole/whatever
I would think it very unlikely that a driver reckless enough to be likely to slam into buildings or rock faces would remain wreckless for long.
Darn. Now I'll have to respec my Rogue to use maces instead of daggers.
A polar bear is a cartesian bear after a coordinate transform.
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Where on earth did you grow up that old wives talk about knife-fighting while wearing kevlar?
I hate printers.