newscientist.com — "A futuristic flexible material that instantly hardens into armour upon impact will protect US and Canadian skiers from injury on the slalom runs at this year's Winter Olympics." Looks like costumes for the next Marvel movie to me.
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wooillFeb 15, 2006
isn't it called "yolk" or something like that?the swiss made ski helmet does the same thing
stonedgeekFeb 15, 2006
Someone could make a knife out of it.Imagine if 47 was infiltrating a movie studio. When the guards frisk him, he'd just say, "I'm Christian Bale and this is my rubber acting knife."Then a little while later, in Tom Cruise's trailer...
chatwithaninjaFeb 15, 2006
I'm going to get a full suit of this and go start some bar fights...
dhughesFeb 15, 2006
You can also see a video of it:<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/science/D3O_a_putty-like_material_becomes_rigid_when_hit">http://digg.com/science/D3O_a_putty-like_material_becomes_rigid_when_hit</a>
killerahFeb 15, 2006
That's freaking awesome! I want one of those!
asceticFeb 15, 2006
Long ago there was a comic with something exactly like this called (I think) Checkmate.
Closed AccountFeb 16, 2006
that tech was "used" in Batman - Begins.
mediaphileFeb 16, 2006
anyone remember a story a long time ago about how they spliced the genes of spiders into goats so the goats would produce milk that was chemically identical to spider silk? they would dehydrate the spider-silk-milk and powderize it, and make a substance that worked on the same instantaneous hardening principle. wonder if that's Spyder's secret ingredient the article mentions.
tmibiker2Feb 16, 2006
Swell