D3O new impact absorbing technology

[skelstar]

Ive seen a couple of photos (cant remember where) and it looks like its fully mouldable etc...one photo showed a mesh type cloth...very breathable I imagine.

I think its quite exciting the progress of stuff like this. Kinda feel that the 80s 90s were a bit slow in the race for technology, but now the dividends are paying off with Nano-tech etc maturing into products and industry (my company does Nano-tech research etc)...

[N4CR]

I think its quite exciting the progress of stuff like this. Kinda feel that the 80s 90s were a bit slow in the race for technology, but now the dividends are paying off with Nano-tech etc maturing into products and industry (my company does Nano-tech research etc)...

And people like me who have no idea about investments see nano as being a great place to invest in.. it IS the way of the future and will solve a fair amount of problems that we have in this world if all goes to plan.

[skelstar]

And people like me who have no idea about investments see nano as being a great place to invest in.. it IS the way of the future and will solve a fair amount of problems that we have in this world if all goes to plan.

If not having enough toys that go fast and produce a lot of heat (ie computers) then yeah, we have problems we want to solve. But really Im not sure we have that many problems...computers is where the REAL big money is with Nano-tech, not cancer research or anyting like that, ie the important stuff.

[Zapf]

And people like me who have no idea about investments see nano as being a great place to invest in.. it IS the way of the future and will solve a fair amount of problems that we have in this world if all goes to plan.

nano tech will also create problems too... think about little robots spying on you....

or self replicating robots fighting a war....

its all about how you use it... and in a world more hungry for money than good....u give me the answer!

[erik]

Hhmmm... sounds like a pretty darn cool polymer I saw at uni once.

It was sloppy and looked like porridge (similar consitency and lumpyness), they could pour it out of a tray. When they stood on it they didn't sink in. They jumped on it... no splash.

Sounds like the same stuff eh! Just probably not as good as this stuff being newer and all.

Sounds like cornflour and water to me.

Try it, get some cornflour, mix in water so that it's of a goopy consistency, then try tapping it with your finger, or violently shaking the container to make it splash out.
If your finger gets covered in cornflour and water, or if it flies out, then you probably need more cornflour and less water.

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macin...miniexp.htm#13

[James Deuce]

Ahh nanotech.

I work with a man whose brother-in-law is researching his Doctorate in Nano-technology.

The applications for nano-technology are manifold, but the most important one being undertaken at the moment is making flexible solar panels, and in particular, roofing tiles and external building cladding. Energy is actually the biggest problem we face, because we are going to have to start generating more and more "clean" energy to replace hydrocarbon and nuclear power generators. Temperate countries could theoretically only need power stations for generating power in mid-winter or extended dark periods like major storms.

One day we may lease our power lines the same way that we do our telephone lines, and only have to pay for energy we draw in winter.

[Karma]

Oh man!! Now I can really live out my Batman dreams!!

[HenryDorsetCase]

one of the reasons I like this site interesting stuff gets talked about off topic.

there's some really good science fiction been written about nano applications: people who read those geek journals and think "what if..." then write a book about it. Its not pretending to be factual or anything but interesting takes on it:

Neal Stephenson "The Diamond Age" and "Queen City Jazz" by Kathleen Goonan are two.

This armour is macro scale, not nano scale though. But what a great idea. Id invest in that.

[Zapf]

one of the reasons I like this site interesting stuff gets talked about off topic.

there's some really good science fiction been written about nano applications: people who read those geek journals and think "what if..." then write a book about it. Its not pretending to be factual or anything but interesting takes on it:

Neal Stephenson "The Diamond Age" and "Queen City Jazz" by Kathleen Goonan are two.

This armour is macro scale, not nano scale though. But what a great idea. Id invest in that.

armor working in a nano scale, to create a macro scale effect?

[myvice]

The thought of self-replicating robots fighting wars doesn’t concern me too much, better them than us!
Nanno bots spying on me isn’t something I will lose sleep over, as we are pretty much under surveillance most of the time now anyway.
But the thought of using armour that I can bounce down the road in I quite like!

Hmmm, self-replicating Nanno bots fighting wars...
"General, a new wave of tanks is approaching from the north west! We are taking heavy losses!"
"Stay calm Captain, I'll organise an air strike on there position and we will re-group in sector 5J"
"But General, sector 5J is in-between the beer bottle and the empty pizza box!
We'll be sitting ducks!"
"Dammet man, we need to take this coffee table and that’s the only way to do it!"

[Zapf]

The thought of self-replicating robots fighting wars doesn’t concern me too much, better them than us!
Nanno bots spying on me isn’t something I will lose sleep over, as we are pretty much under surveillance most of the time now anyway.
But the thought of using armour that I can bounce down the road in I quite like!

Hmmm, self-replicating Nanno bots fighting wars...
"General, a new wave of tanks is approaching from the north west! We are taking heavy losses!"
"Stay calm Captain, I'll organise an air strike on there position and we will re-group in sector 5J"
"But General, sector 5J is in-between the beer bottle and the empty pizza box!
We'll be sitting ducks!"
"Dammet man, we need to take this coffee table and that’s the only way to do it!"

ROFL... cool shit...

really... its not much fun if they are fighting in your home. they'll convert what ever they need from what ever they can get at...

they'll resemble more like a wave of ants...:eyepoke: