MIT Engineers Create the “Impossible” – New Material That Is Stronger Than Steel and As Light as Plastic

SciTechDaily ^ | 02/03/2022

[blueunicorn6]

Might be good for armored vehicles.

[BipolarBob]

I want a truck made of this stuff. With a diesel engine. Cheap.

[Jonty30]

One of the big immediate uses I can see with this is a supplement to the ceramic armor that soldiers use. Ceramic armor is pretty heavy, but if you could half the thickness of the armor and coat them with this wonder material, that might reduce the weight for soldiers by 10lbs, which is a lot on a 30 mile march.

[Oscar in Batangas]

Reardon Metal? Maybe Ayn was smarter in many ways

[Larry Lucido]

So....a floating bridge to Hawaii. It IS possible!

[AFB-XYZ]

Sounds a lot like what was supposed to have been found on Mac Brazel’s ranch in Roswell, NM in 1947.

[left that other site]

Reardon Metal?

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[left that other site]

Ah, ya beat mne to it! :-)

[BenLurkin]

The future looks bright
On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris

[Secret Agent Man]

I’m waiting for them to create a competent rational democrat.

Yeah I know, I want the impossible.

[dfwgator]

They’ll be Spandex Jackets, one for everyone!

[Fai Mao]

Transparent Aluminium. Somebody call Scotty!

[Larry Lucido]

A bladder!

[TigerClaws]

Reverse engineered.

Thank you, Area 51!

[Telepathic Intruder]

Airplane skins, dental implants, bicycles.

[Mark]

Can this material be used in a microwave oven?(/unimportant)

[I-ambush]

Space elevator

[libh8er]

Or airplane fuselage/ wings. But is it fire resistant ?