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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I can't wait to find out how toxic this is.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Good news, it’s completely non toxic.

Bad news, it costs 2 million dollars per square foot.

The pentagon will now take your whole paycheck.

Thank you for your support, patriot.

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Good news, it costs 2 million dollars per square foot, so they won't militarise the police further with it.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

There is an old Russian joke.
Son asks his father, "Daddy, I've heard the price of vodka went up, does it mean you will be drinking less?", and the father answers "No, son, you will be eating less".

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Well not immediately… Years from now when the military develops something even better then this will all become surplus and sold off to SWAT teams etc. for next to nothing.

[–] Batman@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The article says the process is scalable.

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

They will make it into a mandatory dress uniform for school children.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

With these bonds so dense, I want to imagine that it would actually be quite non-toxic as these is little to react with.

Then again, I'm not a bio chemist

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 5 days ago

Right, and wouldn't the rings be pretty fragile considering how long they are? So it would probably have similar bioactivity as like olive oil.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure this is real, but I see a headline like that and I think of schoolyard talk. Like, nuh uh, my armour has 100 trillion bonds, you can't shoot me.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

They must have hired some former Nvidia marketing guys.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Anyone know the cost per kilogram?

Edit: Apparently $20,000/kg

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago
[–] inconel@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I skimmed the article, scrolled down but people hasn't mentioned its mechanically Chain mail in atomic scale yet? Did I read it wrong?

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago
[–] 8000gnat@reddthat.com 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

I did your mom stronger

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Me when the only thing I eat all day is weed and cheese.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Why don't they just use diamond, the hardest metal?

[–] Haquer@lemmy.today 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I thought Dragonforce was the hardest metal known to man?

[–] minyaen@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago
[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hardness isn't the best thing to have in armor. In fact, extreme hardness means extreme brittleness.

Tensile strength is more desirable in armor. That's the sort of strength that a string or rope, or Kevlar will have.

Those can stretch a bit before breaking.

Kevlar will stretch a bit when catching a bullet, this does a few things, but importantly it slows the bullet before stopping it.

So this new material will likely show extreme tensile strength rather than hardness.

[–] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Correct. 🙂 Reminds me of when I wanted new tires & I was complaining about how some tires were rated for a criminally short life. I wondered which ones lasted the longest.

The mechanic then remarked that sure, they can make tires that last a hell of a long time & never puncture. But the ride would be so terrible because the tires would be tough, stiff, would work your suspension harder, and it would cost a fortune to boot. It's not worth it. There are multiple material, usage considerations when making a product. Really makes you appreciate the experts in their various fields.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

Not to mention, really hard tires would have very poor grip. The rubber needs to be a bit softer to squish around all of the little imperfections in the road, technically increasing the contact area and providing a little lateral bracing (probably not the right term so I hope I'm making sense). This is why a lot of performance tires have shorter lifespans then other tire types, because in addition to a different tread pattern, they also often use a softer, "stickier" rubber, which wears out faster.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

At least it’s not 100 trillion James Bonds.

Not if Hank Scorpio has anything to say about it.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 128 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Now this is a technology post!

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So this is what John Wick had in his suit

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I loved those movies but they went way to hard into that suit in the later movies. I got ridiculous lol.

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

My favorite part was when he held the jacket up like a curtain. The material may be bullet proof, but the bullet will still push it out of the way like that lol.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They did Rambo the franchise a bit.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

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.

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