Posted on 06/29/2018 1:25:50 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Its bright orange, its squishy, it stretches like taffy and it is unlike any body armor youve ever seen.
If you were attacked with a baseball bat and you were wearing this bright orange goop under your clothes, then your attacker might as well have swung a toothpick at you the goop will take the hit for you and absorb the strike.
D3O concocted this remarkable, soft, stretchy, flexible, orange material that absorbs shock. Incorporated into their TRUST line of armor, there is a wide range available from helmets, chest, back and knuckle armor through to elbow, knee and foot protection. Orange goo-fortified options can shield you head to toe against blunt force trauma.
Sure, the raw material looks, and feels, like very orange Silly Putty. But this advanced material is the key to ultra-lightweight body armor that feels like you are wearing regular apparel.
This orange goo is so powerful it only requires a thin layer to deliver incredible protection.
Blunt force trauma to the abdomen can be dangerous. A swing of a tire iron at your belly could lead to possible abdominal organ contusions and ruptures D3O armor can absorb that sort of strike and reduce those injuries.
A serious blow to the head could mean concussion or even death. D3O helmet liners absorb the impact, take the beating for you, and reduce these serious risks.
How does it work?
The TRUST armor is soft and flexible until it gets struck. At impact, the goo stiffens, providing a shield to absorb the attack.
The result? The amount of force transmitted to your body is greatly reduced and a wearer will not feel the blow or at least experience a significantly reduced impact. Once the blow is absorbed, the goo-infused apparel goes back to its...
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They should put this stuff in football helmets.
Does this material invalidate f=ma?
Bkmrk.
Sounds like a non-Newtonian fluid; Oobleck (aka cornstarch & water)...
take the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.Ephesians 6:16.
Once again, science trying to catch up to the Bible.
Heh.
GMTA
I was thinking a skin tight body glove that could totally negate the knockout game, but I don’t know if the people who like to play that game are into attacking orange people.
Nupe, no more than an ordinary cushion would.
Can this go into hockey and football helmets?
“They should put this stuff in football helmets.”
That still won’t have any effect on reducing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) that’s caused when the brain rattles around inside the skull during tackles.
Hmmm, interesting, thanks.
Now no one has an excuse not to clean the gutters.
Does this material invalidate f=ma?
It is the difference of someone hitting you with a 10 lb medicine ball at 5 feet per second, and a 240 grain bullet hitting you at 1,500 feet per second.
I had to stop.
I got lost watching video after video of this stuff.
:D
Yes, someone else brought that up. I don’t see why not. It’d be a great application for it.
I read about this in a novel but the author said it was based on a real material, and damn if it isnt.!
Good point.
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