Future: Bullet-Proof Levi’s?
June 23rd, 2006 by Grant in: TechnologyEvidently a University of Delaware chemical engineer has developed a liquid matrix to impregnate a single layer of Kevlar so that it’s flexible yet can still stop bullets. Currently, our soldiers wear Kevlar vests that only cover a small portion of the body and are very heavy.
Check out the video to see how it works:
Just think how this will revolutionize the way our war (and crime) fighters will protect themselves in the future.
It also drives home the effect and influence higher education can have on different aspects of everyday life.
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June 24th, 2006 at 12:24 am
Now here’s an investment idea if it works. Let’s mortgage our homes and make a visit to U of D
August 1st, 2006 at 10:31 am
[…] Back in June I posted a video on a new “liquid armor” technology that could protect our soldiers better than Kevlar, causing bullets to bounce off the protected clothing, and even protecting against puncture wounds from knives bomb fragments. […]