Liquid Armor the New Bulletproof Vest

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday July 31, 2006 @09:25PM from the coming-to-a-prison-near-you dept.

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.'"

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Re:Dune had it by db32 · 2006-07-31 23:06 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I liked the others in the series for the most part. Its the ones his son wrote that make me want to cry.

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Just what I needed! by thenerdgod · 2006-08-01 00:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

For my trip with Nessus to the Ringworld!
Contraception, anyone? by Skythe · 2006-08-01 00:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In other news, the birth rate has risen by more than 42%.