 [SR in Real Life] Shear Thickening Fluid Armor, FoF's Gel-Packs, coming soon! |
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 Aug 18 2004, 07:20 PM
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Neophyte Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364  |
Shear Thickening Fluid Armor Technology
SR's future-tech crystal ball has sometimes been a little blurry, but when it's right, it's usually so right, it's scary. Fields of Fire predicted this stuff, what, about 6-8 years ago? |
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Aug 18 2004, 07:25 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
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Aug 18 2004, 07:28 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
We had a thread on this a few months back, IIRC.
The consensus was that you would not want this stuff inside your body. ~J |
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Aug 18 2004, 07:35 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
That's what I get for not following the fourms regularlly, and in an even more silly move, posting before running a search on the topic. I should know better, really.
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Aug 18 2004, 08:26 PM
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Traumatizing players since 1992 Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,282 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 220 |
That doesn't make it any less cool. IMHO it's GelPack!
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Aug 18 2004, 08:32 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
The same could be said of most armor materials. After all, if the armor gets in your body, it didn't do its job. ;) What property of the armor made it look unappealing to have blown into your body? Polyethylene glycol is (according to the article) non-toxic.
Kinda-sorta. With their fluff interpreted literally, Gel packs function a bit differently: pure gel that solidifies under shock, and may stay solidified. This stuff is soaked into normal ballistic fibers. Interpretted more broadly...well, armors that harden in response to impact are an old staple of science fiction, predating Fields of Fire. |
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Aug 18 2004, 08:39 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
In the referenced discussion, one of the things that came up was possibly using it as an alternative to dermal sheathing/plating. That, rather than being blown into the body, was the part agreed to be bad :) ~J |
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