World’s toughest material created by tying slip knots into weak, commercial thread
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[QUOTE=Roger Waters;40477143]no they wouldn't. the kinetic force would pulverize anyone wearing it unless you were wearing shock absorbers the size of gdansk and even then you'd still be bruised.
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its like they think bullets are magical hitscan laser beams that just cause injury
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even if you wear heavy kevlar nowadays, a shotgun blast or high-powered round to the chest will still bruise the fuck out of your ribs.[/QUOTE]
Couldn't we use this stuff as a shock absorber?
[url]http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/153063-graphene-aerogel-is-seven-times-lighter-than-air-can-balance-on-a-blade-of-grass[/url]
[QUOTE=Roger Waters;40477143]no they wouldn't. the kinetic force would pulverize anyone wearing it unless you were wearing shock absorbers the size of gdansk and even then you'd still be bruised.
[editline]30th April 2013[/editline]
its like they think bullets are magical hitscan laser beams that just cause injury
[editline]30th April 2013[/editline]
even if you wear heavy kevlar nowadays, a shotgun blast or high-powered round to the chest will still bruise the fuck out of your ribs.[/QUOTE]
Not sure why people don't make rolled aketons or something for wearing under kevlar vests. it's just the kevlar section pressed against your bare skin, there really should be a very thick padded layer behind it to help absorb impact... would probably increase the effectiveness of the armor, too.
Goes double for ceramic plates.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;40484518]Not sure why people don't make rolled aketons or something for wearing under kevlar vests. it's just the kevlar section pressed against your bare skin, there really should be a very thick padded layer behind it to help absorb impact... would probably increase the effectiveness of the armor, too.
Goes double for ceramic plates.[/QUOTE]
They're operating in a warm/hot environment, so heat dispersal is a problem. If they were operating in a winter environment, they could do that no problem.
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;40484734]They're operating in a warm/hot environment, so heat dispersal is a problem. If they were operating in a winter environment, they could do that no problem.[/QUOTE]I read somewhere that some scientists were working on a way to artificially cool the body with some sort of glove. If you think about it, your veins and arteries are just pumping potential coolant liquid. Probably why those without gloves and hats get hypothermia much sooner than those properly protected.
They had these guys sitting in tanks full of near-freezing water in their underwear and they were A-OK. Their hands were in these contraptions, though, so not quite tactically effective yet.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40481829]That's the point at which you add exoskeletal joints with powered servos.[/QUOTE]
i'm honestly increeeedibly wary of powered armor as i have this feeling the malfunctions would probably vaporise the wearer's bones
[QUOTE=Roger Waters;40487110]i'm honestly increeeedibly wary of powered armor as i have this feeling the malfunctions would probably vaporise the wearer's bones[/QUOTE]
The powered joints don't have to be more powerful than your own body if you just wanted to make a cumbersome armor bearable, and it's not that unthinkable to make a failsafe.
Not to mention it would make sense to design the armor in a way that won't allow any movement able to hurt the wearer, anyway.
[IMG]http://images.wikia.com/fallout/images/archive/e/e1/20081217132519!T-45d_Power_Armor.jpg[/IMG]
'murrica, could you please start making powered infantry armors?
[QUOTE=TorrentR;40487322][IMG]http://images.wikia.com/fallout/images/archive/e/e1/20081217132519!T-45d_Power_Armor.jpg[/IMG]
'murrica, could you please start making powered infantry armors?[/QUOTE]
Fuck that, if you're going to make powered infantry armor, go all out
[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DH2KeRUAIL0/TqjdpqDBa3I/AAAAAAAAAgw/bcobZgw0nUU/s1600/post-90027-1205171981.jpg[/img]
Or if you really want to start taking the piss out of your enemies.
[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UcTteL49418/TqjclsoMJrI/AAAAAAAAAf4/L86GtyLKMeM/s1600/Terminator_Armour.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40487142]The powered joints don't have to be more powerful than your own body if you just wanted to make a cumbersome armor bearable, and it's not that unthinkable to make a failsafe.
Not to mention it would make sense to design the armor in a way that won't allow any movement able to hurt the wearer, anyway.[/QUOTE]
Or have then just strong enough to offset the weight of the suit itself, that way then it's no different than they would b without the suit, rather than using the joints and servos to aplify strength.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;40477999]If you were wearing an absolutely unbreakable vest with cloth-like thickness and flexibility and got shot you'd still get fucked up pretty bad
The ceramic absorbs the hit so your squishy organs don't have to[/QUOTE]
You could always replace the ceramic with D3O gel
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