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Russians invent liquid nanotech armor. Video! watch!

youtube.com — Russian armour has been well known for years. To create it the best scientists have been working in research institutes. Although modern ballistic vests can weigh up to 12 kilos, Russian designers say there's another option. Armour filled with special gel can be light and even comfortable to wear.

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  • AiryAutumn, on 02/18/2008, -24/+2Liquid... Won't it just splash? ))
    • Terr01, on 02/18/2008, -12/+1Here I was expecting something along the lines of a T1000.

      IMO research into this kind of stuff isn't super new, nor truly "liquid nanotech". (I feel nanotech implies algorithms and activity beyond simply "really small chemistry bits".)


      http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,usa3_0 ...
    • sockpuppets, on 02/18/2008, -6/+62Anyone using a "In Soviet Russia" joke in this thread will be clubbed like a baby seal. Thank you that is all.
  • cliffdiving, on 02/18/2008, -30/+9This is really interesting. Innovative.
    • jsd8cc, on 02/18/2008, -3/+27Unlike your comment.
    • moofer, on 02/18/2008, -1/+4But it won't keep you from being poisoned with radioactive ***** from the KGB...
      • Kennerk, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1well... THOSE DAMN SPIES NEED TO KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT! but really polonium 210 in your tea isn't too bad. getting shot in the head with a desert eagle blows even more :/
    • jgtg32a, on 02/18/2008, -2/+4If its not Apple its not Innovation.
      /sarcasm
  • poliroll, on 02/18/2008, -23/+114US got this technology for what... 20 years now?
    • mustang460, on 02/18/2008, -3/+54if you watch the video, it says us had this technology for 6 years
      really don't know why this is news
      • pauldy, on 02/18/2008, -5/+22In Soviet Russia stores get new shipment of toilet paper, causes riots in streets.
        • bugsy187, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1How great do you have it, if you have to keep ragging on other people?

          Just a thought.
        • junaru, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1I live in one of the ex soviet union states and in fact that holds some truth, while cleaning grandpas garage we've found bout 200 rolls of it, the reason - nobody knew when the next shipment would be (the same goes for some soap too).
    • Ataxia2008, on 02/18/2008, -3/+10"Sliced Bread - Only 5000 RUB a loaf!!!"
    • kadio, on 02/18/2008, -7/+20doesn't matter how long we had it, bush is too cheap to give it to the troops.
      • mahuebel, on 02/18/2008, -2/+6Bush? Cheap?
        First everyone claims he overspends drastically (which he definitely does), then you come back and say he's too cheap?

        what the hell ?
        It's probably not in mass deployment yet because it's not ready. It would be interesting to see the cost comparison between making this type of armor and the armor that the troops and police forces normally use.
        • Swivelstick, on 02/18/2008, -2/+5Cheap to the troops in the military yet overspends on the mercenaries isn't to hard to get is it?
          • mahuebel, on 02/19/2008, -0/+0I admit you got me there... Regardless of that, would congress not be the one who would choose to fund or not fund new armor?
          • akamurph, on 02/19/2008, -1/+0Some people just like to blame Bush for everything... He may be an idiot but *everything* is not always his fault.
      • docsavatchniya, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2expense often doesn't equal value...

        ***oops, clicked wrong reply link, this is to mahuebel's post...
    • halobender, on 02/18/2008, -4/+8In soviet Russia you have it for 6 months and make it seem like you invented it.
    • mGARANDEUR1, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1It's not all that impressive that a helmet is able to stop a 9mm round. Any helmet now can do that.
      • slowmo, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2What's retarded is that people are even testing their armor against 9mm rounds. What military worth it's salt even uses the 9mm round anymore? Everyone switched from the Mp5 to the Mp7 ages ago because the Mp5 9mm roundas won't penetrate most armor. What the Russians SHOULD be testing against is 5.56mm and 7.62mm. Duh.
    • vvaduva, on 02/19/2008, -1/+3It's always easier to steal it from the Americans and then put some Cyrillic letters on it to make it look russian.

      When I lived in Comunist Romania, they had no shame..they would take Epson printers, rip the labels off them and then put Romanian labels in their place to make it look like they were made there. Granted they didn't paint them red, but still...commies bastards. They'll steal anything and claim it as their own.
    • xpankrat, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2You have to know the context to properly interpret this news.

      Anything that has a "nano" in it is a latest craze in Russia. It's a fad that is explicitly endorsed by the government. You say "nanomilk", you get funding or at the very least it greatly increases your chances of getting it.

      So this particular bit of news is not news at all.
  • Arilan, on 02/18/2008, -16/+4Can I order it online? www.cheapsovietliquidjackets.com?
  • madmultindigg, on 02/18/2008, -31/+1In Soviet Russia, vests are liquid. So drink' em!
    • banido, on 02/18/2008, -0/+20What the hell was what ?
      • DarkSamus, on 02/18/2008, -2/+11nobody's putting their heart into it anymore
    • StarExtreme, on 02/18/2008, -2/+9In Soviet Russia, comments bury you.
    • Ataxia2008, on 02/18/2008, -3/+3How many memes can we fit into this thread?

      Will it blend?
  • miszutko, on 02/18/2008, -14/+0Again, again! Evil Russians...
  • kotenok78, on 02/18/2008, -10/+4Cool!
  • sweaterjon, on 02/18/2008, -7/+137Yeah they clearly state, that the russians had only just gotten the technology(3 months), and the U.S. actually invented it.

  • Mikhail101, on 02/18/2008, -25/+5In Soviet Russia armor protect you.
    • frieddonuts, on 02/18/2008, -2/+21I heard that it works in the same fashion in the United States as well.
    • StolenLamp, on 02/18/2008, -3/+12Epic fail... it should be, "In Soviet Russia, you protect armor!"
    • DarkSamus, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3judging by his name i say he's a realist
    • mGARANDEUR1, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1It's expected from just about every story.
  • bfrank72, on 02/18/2008, -12/+7That guy has a silly voice.
    • BruceBogtrotter, on 02/18/2008, -5/+1I can't stand his ***** voice!
      • pauldy, on 02/18/2008, -2/+4Do we really need to know how you feel about his bedroom voice. Thats kind of between you two.
    • luftrofl, on 02/18/2008, -0/+6It's his accent, jackass.
  • T8erT0T, on 02/18/2008, -6/+19They're no match for us.
    WOLVERINES!!!!
    • TokenWhiteGuy, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1Damn it! Now I have to go watch Red Dawn.
  • br0wnstar, on 02/18/2008, -31/+52Americans developed an anti-gravity pen. Russians used a pencil.
    • MacEnvy, on 02/18/2008, -5/+32False:
      http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
      • Magnus150, on 02/18/2008, -1/+10You're such a buzzkill Snopes
      • ruddy, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1did you just use "who the hell snopes" as a source? you realize this is NASA's word against Moscow Times.
    • airburst, on 02/18/2008, -10/+13Wrong. We both used pencils, then the Fischer company developed one on their own for free for the US government. Now the Russians use the pen we invented.

      http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
      • norman619, on 02/18/2008, -12/+1Nothing is done for free. Money went into R&D of that zero G pen. The point is that the Russians are known for doing more with less.
        • pauldy, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2According to what fairy tale are you basing your conclusion of Russia doing more with less on? You might be able to get away with saying they were forced to be more efficient in what they did because of a lack of funding but I don't think you could say they did "more".
        • BlueSkyfish, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4Did you read the snopes page? They both used pencils until a third party invented a space pen and sold it to both of them.
    • AdmiralZombie, on 02/19/2008, -4/+2The reason why the U.S is intent on using pens over pencils, is the fact that you can easily erase pencil, and make a change.

      Imagine, you are counting off the nukes in your silo. You notice the numbers don't match up. Rather than risk catching heat about it, you simply change the number of missiles listed. Not as easy if you are using a pen.
  • StolenLamp, on 02/18/2008, -5/+26I couldn't watch more than half of that video before that guy's voice drove me insane.
    • melonade, on 02/18/2008, -0/+8He sounded like a Russian using a British accent
    • MikeEnIke, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2And he had all the wrong emphasis. He would emphasize random words in each sentence that just made him sound handicapped.
    • qovneob, on 02/19/2008, -0/+0wtf is an anti-gravity pen? we just made a pen that could write upside down
    • Skor459, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1At least he mentioned how the nanoparticles became 'riggid' when hit with a bullet.
  • Zeldafreak104, on 02/18/2008, -12/+7In Soviet Russia....
    Nah, forget it.
  • TVarmy, on 02/18/2008, -8/+3I can't think of a good vodka joke.
    • 3amboo, on 02/18/2008, -1/+0So there was this guy right...
    • DarkSamus, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4a guy walks into a bar and says give me 6 shots of vodka, i just had my first blowjob.
      After he finishes all of em, the bartender says "congrats, the seventh one is on the house"
      The guy replies: if six shots can't get rid of the taste, nothing will
  • seanpackage, on 02/18/2008, -8/+3Ivan Drago
  • sonicularulus, on 02/18/2008, -10/+5but...
    DOES IT BLEND?!
    • norman619, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1OK I have to ask. Where does "Does it blend" come from. I see it repeated all over Digg and it makes no sense to me.
  • MindTrigger, on 02/18/2008, -7/+35Buried as lame because whoever submitted this failed to even watch the whole video to know that this technology was invented at least 6 years prior in the US.
    • JoeRW, on 02/19/2008, -2/+2Yes, Meanwhile in the US the gamma state pulsed magnetron device was developed which when worn as a backpack can pulse a microsecond 100 Tesla field to redirect incoming bullets right back at the shooters. The power source can parabolically turn 600 bullets individually or stop five at once.
      - sarcasm
    • cloak419, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1Well, SOOO-OO-OOORRYY!
  • Vindicoth, on 02/18/2008, -13/+5In Soviet Russia, liquid nanotech armor gets protected by YOU!
  • gannondork, on 02/18/2008, -11/+3Oh those Russians.
  • mal1964, on 02/18/2008, -10/+1Anything liquid over there has Vodka ties somehow.
  • zeeky, on 02/18/2008, -10/+1"hey guys watch this"

    *shoots self with gun*

    "owww *****"
  • gametavern, on 02/18/2008, -9/+2ha... rigg-idd
  • damonsun, on 02/18/2008, -7/+2A liquid that maintains its fluidity, but stiffens during trauma is a non-newtonian fluid. Looks like they really are filling vests with this stuff...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Newtonian_fluid
  • Seaborgium106, on 02/18/2008, -2/+3The armor in the video is likely magnetorhelogical fluid. And yes, the US did develop this many years ago. Fun fact: This is the same concept behind the Master Chief's armor in Halo.

    Here's the wiki:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorheological_fl ...
    • Janv1er, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1I heard a few years ago that Sony was developing a king of tactile feedback using that technology on their controllers.
    • jgtg32a, on 02/18/2008, -1/+1Really I thought it was the recharging shields
  • dichotom, on 02/18/2008, -7/+2So instead of a bullet going in me, the whole vest gets poked inside me?
    • acdcfanbill, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2it's the dispersion of force, no matter what kind of bulletproof armour you are wearing, your still going to take the whole force of the impact, it is just spread out with armour.
  • petebot, on 02/18/2008, -2/+16I assumed the youtube video would just be of Colossus from the X-Men.
  • flipperBaby, on 02/18/2008, -4/+3"The bullet has not went through, which means this person survived" This sounds like a manipulative sales-pitch. If the dent formed on the inside of the helmet were to poke you in the skull at that speed it would almost definitely crack your head, or at least cause some brain hemorrhaging.

    Whats so interesting about science that enables you to be impervious to retaliation from people you intend to murder?
    • norman619, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1Ummm it has other uses as well. Think about it.
    • DulcetTone, on 02/18/2008, -0/+0Some vests these days have suspension systems to keep the plates away from the torso. I imagine this makes them a little clumsier, but it is intended to give room for this "give" to occur without breaking bones.
    • muchachoburacho, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1as long as the bullet does not pierce the armor, it can be designed as such to not kill you when it hits. thats a pretty easy stretch.
  • Jonjonr6, on 02/18/2008, -7/+0That sneaky ***** Russian
  • myass666mlong, on 02/18/2008, -9/+3wow another ***** war things
    they dont care about cancer or other useful stuff , nooo
    and all that russia vs. usa racing make me sick
    i hate my own country soooooo bad
    • Sainterthom, on 02/18/2008, -2/+1I hate to say it like this but: Leave, then. You can always defect to another country. People come to America from other countries to escape their way of life all the time. Must be some reason.
    • aRgusChung, on 02/18/2008, -0/+5Worst haiku ever.
  • peabody624, on 02/18/2008, -0/+16"As a bullet hits, it turns rih-ged"
    • gametavern, on 02/18/2008, -2/+0nice, I get dug down for typing Rigg_Idd .... oh well - dugg
    • darlyn, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2I'm assuming that can be attributed to his accent, but the fact that he pauses for a few seconds after every sentences really annoyed me.
  • sharkd, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4I'm not all that impressed by the fact that a steel pot helmet stopped a 9mm round at 35+ feet. If it had been a 7.62 round at that range, or a 9mm at, say 10 feet, then I'd be a little less skeptical.
  • bitterbug, on 02/18/2008, -1/+6The story would have had more zing if they shot him at the end.
    "Look, it works!"
    • darlyn, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1You know, I actually expected that to happen -_-
  • slapballs, on 02/18/2008, -1/+0I'm telling you, it's Silly Putty! "The original solid liquid."
  • Gugel, on 02/18/2008, -2/+2Just because a bullet doesn't penetrate doesn't necessarily mean it won't kill you. The shockwaves from the impact of the bullet on the armor can cause some serious damage.
  • NightVortez, on 02/18/2008, -7/+4Wait so America had it for six years and it just stayed there, while Russia had it for three months and they are already doing experiments? That's strange, especially considering how much we need technology like this right now, at a time of war.
  • digjam, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1Huh?
  • ricktm, on 02/18/2008, -3/+7*note to self: invent nanotech bullets
  • melonade, on 02/18/2008, -3/+1The gels must act in the same way as non-newtonian fluid. (corn stach + water)

    It remains as a fluid until put under high stress, then it acts as a solid.
  • zeal2k7, on 02/18/2008, -2/+3Buried as inaccurate.

    Variations of pre-existing US developed technologies.
  • SodaForJones, on 02/18/2008, -3/+1Well guys. We're boned.
  • iPhoneManiac, on 02/18/2008, -4/+1That guy has a silly voice, no doubt.
    Crazy russians...
  • bruce86, on 02/18/2008, -4/+1Big whoop, Non-Newtonian fluids, Congratulations you discovered cornstarch and water.
    • Kenzan, on 02/18/2008, -1/+2Meanwhile, you remain jobless and post on Digg all day, while smoking pot in your bathrobe and eating up all of my Chicken-Pot pies.
      • bruce86, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1What does that say about you, whining to a guy with no life?

        The guy trying to have a intelligent argument with a jobless stoner jackass on digg. Your the equivalent to the grammar Nazi asking me to capitalize the "C" in "Cum guzzler"
    • Tommyhawk, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1I kinda doubt corn starch and water can stop a bullet there duder.
      • bruce86, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1Actually yes it can. Learn some physics before you get snarky about something you don't understand.
  • dansvan, on 02/18/2008, -1/+2Will protection technology like this one day become so good that it'll become pointless to fight? I hope.
    • Tommyhawk, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1That would actually really suck because then anyone could do anything they wanted and not have to worry about reprisal.
  • Stopikingonme, on 02/18/2008, -3/+8In Soviet Russia vest shoots you
    • Sublimefly, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2I watched the video reread the title then like the rest of you, came right here and as I am reading everyone is saying the same thing. Then I got to this comment and suddenly its all okay.... (Falls on floor laughing)
  • rowlodge, on 02/18/2008, -1/+5somebody will make a drink out of it sooner or later.
  • LewisBreaker, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1but will it blend
  • unblessed, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1What would you need such an armor for?
    ...Sperlunking
  • RaDeus, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1"Impact armor, a flexible form of clothing that hardens instantly into a rigid form stronger than steel when rapidly deformed (for example, by the impact of a projectile such as a bullet)."
    From the wiki article about Ringworld which was writen 37 years ago, so the idea for this is nothing new...
  • H1tchh1k3r, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1but can it play tetris?
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