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Apr 23, 2004 | 08:25 PM

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Military develops liquid armor

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/...042104.00.html

Wow, first thing I do if I get into a gunfight: crack open a viscous coupling LSD over my head!

Apr 23, 2004 | 09:30 PM

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That's awesome.

Apr 23, 2004 | 09:35 PM

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Liquid armor could even be applied to jump boots, so that they would stiffen during impact to support Soldiers' ankles."

I like that part.

Apr 23, 2004 | 11:03 PM

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I like that part.

Imagine basketball shoes in 5 years...

Apr 24, 2004 | 09:57 AM

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That's weird... I'm a physics major, and I'm doing some research on a super-viscous fliuid which behaves differently under different shear rates and has characteristics different from most fluids. My goal wasn't to start deleoping stuff for the military