Comments on: Liquid body armor more effective than Kevlar

By: Gorefest

Gorefest — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:03:00 +0000

Yeah, let’s try that for a change. See what happens.

By: SFRes

SFRes — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:08:00 +0000

Yep. Hence the curiosity of seeing how it can apply. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head would be in car construction. Or maybe even into sports (lacrosse, hockey, American football) assuming it is lighter than what is used in padding (TPU).

By: marine6680

marine6680 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:02:00 +0000

Most military tech not directly weapons related tends to filter down to civilian level. Same with Aviation tech in military and spaceflight.

By: marine6680

marine6680 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:55:00 +0000

So we should stop developing new armor?

Secondary thought:
Fun fact (subjectively)… bullets that are good at penetrating armor are less effective killers. Still deadly, but a single round is much less likely to cause untreatable damage that leads to rapid death.

By: SFRes

SFRes — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:25:00 +0000

Would be interesting to see if this can translate to civilian applications.

By: WaxW

WaxW — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:05:00 +0000

Stupid and horrible- new ways to kill and maim people. When you invent better armour someone will just invent a more powerful more maiming, body-destroying gun.

By: CyberGusa

CyberGusa — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:10:00 +0000

Doubtful, if this stuff works as advertised then armor can be thinner and less massive to absorb the same amount of impact energy. While Kevlar is pretty dense with a relative density of 1.4 and this stuff should be closer to 1.

By: CyberGusa

CyberGusa — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:08:00 +0000

Dragonskin had a bit of scandal as to whether it provided real and consistent protection or not. While such things are often muddled by money and politics in the end the Dragonskin armor was ultimately never adopted by the military.

Regardless, the benefits of this gel layer are better as they allow for more natural movement, easier to wear in warmer climates, and will more consistently spread the impact force than the Dragonskin armor ever offered.

By: digi_owl

digi_owl — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:17:00 +0000

I seem to recall reading about something called dragonskin that did much the same…

By: mrstacy

mrstacy — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:53:00 +0000

A suit full of liquids sounds heavier than kevlar..

By: Nikos Sokolis

Nikos Sokolis — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:31:00 +0000

when it is gonna be out? because I want to order mine…