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Purple Dave
02/13/09

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Will this armor also cause your trenchcoat to flutter behind you like you're in a hurricane?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/13/09

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When you move in it does it go, nahh-nahh-nahh-nahh??
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scarbrtj
02/12/09

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Scenario: A Bullet Aimed at Your Midsection

Assume a body midsection diameter of 20 cm, and also assume a maximum midsection velocity of 45 cm/s.

Time to move midsection out of incoming fire = 20/45 seconds = 0.44 seconds

Bullet velocity = 300 m/s

Bullet travel in 0.44 seconds = 133 m

Therefore, if the incoming bullet is fired within ~100 m of your midsection's position, your midsection likely gets a lead injection despite a swift, reflexive move.

Bummer.
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MatthewMace
02/12/09

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BASEBALL? PPsh I playen some sick ass dodge-ball with this.
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ripfire
02/12/09

@MatthewMace: If you can dodge a bullet, you can dodge a ball...
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broh
02/12/09

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Does this sound dangerous to anyone? Something is going to twitch my muscle with enough force to generate bullet-dodging speed? Sounds like multiple whip lashes at the very least.
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ScottRose
02/12/09

@broh:

Safer than a bullet hole, prob.
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Quilt
02/12/09

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Perhaps I could learn to 2-step finally.
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Chris Bloyd
02/12/09

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Imagine what it would be like to play baseball with this body armor on? I could finally hit that 100 mph fastball, or even that nasty slider as the suit would calculate the movement for me...
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ScottRose
02/12/09

@Chris Bloyd:

It sounds like it would cause you to spaz away from the ball the way they outlined it..
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DaiWalka
02/12/09

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Interesting approach - looking forward to hearing/reading more about this one.
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AskTheAdmin
02/13/09

@DaiWalka: I am more interested in SEEING the prototypes in action (working and ummm not working)
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MaxDragon7
02/13/09

@DaiWalka: I see it to be very interesting as well, but doesn't it strike you that involuntary muscle reactions on a war-zone would cause more accidents? Something terrible could happen, such as misfire, or a malfunction! Either way, we don't know what this may be applied to. (They should make a game show for it :P)

(*~~~~Electricity courses through the body~~~~*, turns into a Super Saiyan, flies away...)

=D
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