[gameprogrammer] Re: fluid body armor

From: "Roger D. Vargas" <roger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Game programmer list <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 19:04:03 -0400

El vie, 30-04-2004 a las 18:41, Keith Emery escribiÃ³:
> I don't have the link but I saw the story too on the Drudge report. If you 
> search for "armor" I am sure it will come up. The gist was that when a 
> projectile hits the liquid it immediately solidifies (within a millisecond or 
> less) and stops the projectile. They have so far tried it with arrows and a 
> few other things and are planning to test it with bullets. They made it sound 
> like its greatest uses would be in vehicles and in the sleeves of protective 
> clothing for law enforcement because it retains its flexibility unti it is 
> struck. Pretty cool.
> I saw the story a day or two ago I think.
The curious thing is that i imagined a similar thing years ago for a
sci-fi story i was writing.
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