• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I don’t know if this will actually pan out the way that they imply in the title; armor needs to have a lot of different characteristics in order to be practical. As in, resistance to heat and cold, resistance to acids, alkalines, petroleum distillates, salts, UV, and oxygen, and also resist deformation. Multiple materials have displays significant promise for armor, but had a very short lifespan in real-word conditions. For instance, there was a material trademarked as Zylon that was supposed to be better than Kevlar, and it was used extensively by Second Chance (a body armor company); several cops were killed when their armor failed, and the armor failed because of exposure to sweat and ambient heat.

    Yeah, this is a super cool development, but remember that everything that comes out at this stage is hype.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t know if I’d call materials science technology, exactly, but it’s certainly more on topic than “business but at a tech company” posts.

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          2 months ago

          Same with the Fast&Furious it used to be about import vs muscle and real street racing. Then it became jumping hyper cars from falling buildings to the next building over and turned to shit. Like most over milked series.

          • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            Waiiiit, was it actually meant to be about import vs muscle, like that was it’s intention? Or did they just happen to do that.