From YouTube to Market
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006Back 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.
Well, it appears that the technology wasted no time in cyberspace, as the rights to use it were acquired by Armor Holdings (AH: chart, web) back in February.
The composite goo solidifies on impact, but then returns to a semi-fluid state once the kinetic energy is dissipated. Coating a Kevlar with the material leaves the resulting …
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