D30 Can Stop A Maniac (Me) From Crushing My Hand
No, of course, I should say right off the bat that I do not recommend wailing on your hand with a small hammer. Although I am the type of person who watched infomercials as a kid and would think “you’re not even trying” as the people on screen tried to beat a Tupperware container to death with a hammer.
So when the folks at D30, who created a non-Newtonian fluid product, gently tap themselves to show off its protective properties, my first thought is to take a swing instead.
D30 has been around for a while, and I’m not the first person to go overboard to test the gel’s properties. The shock-absorbing tests are pretty dang fun though. I take a lot of hits to the hand in my multiple hobbies (don’t ask, or do ask, either way, it involves long pieces of metal), and I know how dangerous blows to the hand can be and how debilitating it is when you break any one of the 27 bones in your hand. The company was there advertising their product’s use in knee and head protection, as well as some phone cases companies have made using the licensed material. – Kyle Barr
