Posted on 06/29/2018 1:25:50 PM PDT by LibWhacker
It’s bright orange, it’s squishy, it stretches like taffy — and it is unlike any body armor you’ve ever seen.
If you were attacked with a baseball bat and you were wearing this bright orange goop under your clothes, then your attacker might as well have swung a toothpick at you — the goop will take the hit for you and absorb the strike.
D3O concocted this remarkable, soft, stretchy, flexible, orange material that absorbs shock. Incorporated into their TRUST line of armor, there is a wide range available from helmets, chest, back and knuckle armor through to elbow, knee and foot protection. Orange goo-fortified options can shield you head to toe against blunt force trauma.
Sure, the raw material looks, and feels, like very orange Silly Putty. But this advanced material is the key to ultra-lightweight body armor that feels like you are wearing regular apparel.
This orange goo is so powerful it only requires a thin layer to deliver incredible protection.
Blunt force trauma to the abdomen can be dangerous. A swing of a tire iron at your belly could lead to possible abdominal organ contusions and ruptures — D3O armor can absorb that sort of strike and reduce those injuries.
A serious blow to the head could mean concussion or even death. D3O helmet liners absorb the impact, take the beating for you, and reduce these serious risks.
How does it work?
The TRUST armor is soft and flexible until it gets struck. At impact, the goo stiffens, providing a shield to absorb the attack.
The result? The amount of force transmitted to your body is greatly reduced and a wearer will not feel the blow — or at least experience a significantly reduced impact. Once the blow is absorbed, the goo-infused apparel goes back to its...
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HooHoo. Good for motorcycle riding.
I should of had it on when I fell doing a roofing project last Saturday.
Now I am laid up for 4 to 6 weeks.
Right, I think this would be classified as a non-Newtonian fluid, IF it’s classified as a fluid at all. I don’t see why not; glass is technically a fluid. It just flows very, very slowly.
Interesting. You could create a body armor that is flexible, yet protects against impacts. Should make for far more comfortable protective gear, pads, etc.
Stretch Armstrong?
It’s made from POTUS Trump’s Hair?
Oops, forgot the snippet from the Story.
>>>It’s bright orange, it’s squishy, it stretches like taffy<<<
It’s made from POTUS Trump’s Hair?
No, not really. f=ma Is there formula before impact.
The formula after impact is much more complicated. Some of the force is expended in
- the resistance and is reflected in the damage done to the bullet.
- the force required to harden the body armor
- the remaining force is expended over a larger area thus reducing the psi
I am sure someone with much more skills in applied physics would provide a better answer.
That would be my guess, which is worth virtually nothing.
:D
“If you were attacked with a baseball bat and you were wearing this bright orange goop under your clothes...”
Yeahhhh... Or maybe more better, howzabout we just shoot the prick with the baseball bat?
OMG! im so much gonna get that stuff. its super hero time!
Ouch! I knew a guy that fell onto a pile of bricks (new construction). He said he woke up in the ambulance with his legs taped to his shoulders. One year out of commission.
Problem will be impacts while under motion. Body armor hardens and your body is still in motion.
“Does this material invalidate f=ma?”
No, it can’t. What it apparently does is spread f over a large surface area very rapidly.
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Check out this approach to the matter...
Not exactly lightweight or easy to wear but the inventor was willing to test it with himself in it.
Yes it would... It changes the impact vector from a point impact that would rattle the brain to a diffuse vector that would very significantly reduce the brain rattle.
It’s a non-Newtonian compound. The force is just spread out over a much larger surface.
Bicycle helmets.
Said the guy that spent twenty days hospital, both orbital sockets shattered...
And NOT a scratch on my expensive bicycle helmet.
Not even a small mark of any kind.
No cuts on my face, the helmet took most of the hit but transferred enough to majorly crack my prize Scottish gourd.
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