Carbon nanotube armor

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Carbon nanotube armor

Post by ssracer » Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:04 am

AR500 is now making soft armor using carbon nanotube tech.

http://www.ar500armor.com/ar500-armor-b ... dium=email

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Re: Carbon nanotube armor

Post by Frailer » Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:41 am

I'm just a bit suspicious. Lots of really cool applications for this technology, but it's not quite ready for prime time.

Wonder if this is a gimmick.
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Re: Carbon nanotube armor

Post by ssracer » Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:59 am

I was under the impression that we were a few years out from real world applications as well. So I dunno
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Re: Carbon nanotube armor

Post by ChopperDoc » Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:16 am

I would not expect a gimmick from them. They have some test data online as well that I have seen.
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