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Swordsman
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 02:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

http://thefutureofthings.com/video/6580/smart-mate rial-protects-the-human-body.html

~SM
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Redefine420
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 03:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That stuff is cool. There's a video floating around of a guy wearing one of those beanies having someone hit him over the head with a shovel. Hopefully we'll see that stuff in some motorcycle gear soon.
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Americanmadexb
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 03:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

thats pretty cool stuff, but if a beanie is $65 bucks, then i cant imagine what a helmet or a jacket would cost.
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Slaughter
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 03:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

For somebody who already has well over $150,000 invested in ICU costs of traumatic brain injury because of a single racing event, I'd say almost any price would be cheap.

Problem is liability associated with ANY new material.

(Cool idea though)
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Swordsman
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 03:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think it'd be best utilized in bike gear in the form of elbow/knee/shoulder/back pads. More comfortable than hard armor, but just as tough in a crash. Probably not much use in a helmet.

~SM
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 04:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Slaughter - right there with ya. TBI sucks...hope I never do *that* again...although, the Ti legs aren't much fun either. But at least I can tell if the weatherman is right lol.
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Jaimec
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 04:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

How is that stuff any different than the "Temperfoam" Aerostich has been using for over two decades??
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Redefine420
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 05:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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Glitch
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 05:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

AWESOME!
http://www.d3o.com/products.php?section=4
http://www.hyod-products.com/release/0812newsuits/
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Thereconscout
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 01:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh yeah MIT's had something like that out since 2003. tried to get the army to buy it. They called it Liquid Armor
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Swordsman
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 10:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jaimec, temperfoam, or memory foam, gets it's properties from the air bubbles residing inside it. As you squeeze it the air slowly leaks out of pores. Squeezing it fast, it feels harder because the air inside simply can't escape fast enough. The denser the foam, the more difficult it is for the air to escape.

This newer material is solid, and operates at the molecular level.

~SM

(Message edited by Swordsman on May 15, 2009)
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Jaimec
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 11:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

But does essentially the same thing?
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Glitch
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 12:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No.
The D3O aligns the molecules at an impact to become a solid. Not like foam of any sort.
www.d3o.com
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Xl1200r
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 02:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think what Jaimec is getting at is:

The physical difference between this d3o material and that of the old Aerostich Temperfoam is very little. They both seek out to do the same thing as far as the user is concerned.

I have no experience with either, but I'd imagine it makes no difference to the end user whether the material reacts mechanically or chemically to impact.

All that said, I would guess the the d3o is likely more solid during fast impact than the Aero foam would be.
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