By Jonathan Kimak
A new type of armor is being researched by engineers at MIT and will try to emulate the scale armor of a fish. The fish species Polypterus senegalus is believed to have been around for 100 million years and has evolved a very durable armor to withstand attacks from predators. The armor is so effective because the scales have the right chemicals in the right amounts that make each scale very sturdy.
The research was funded by the U.S. Army and when developed is hoped to be used for soldiers, first-responders and even on military vehicles. The analysis of the fish scales is detailed in the July 27 issue of the journal Nature Materials.
So instead of sneaking into abandoned mines with misguided dreams of finding mithril, we should have been out fishing.
VIA [ Live Science ]
wow technology has gone a long way and turned a weird twist.
I saw this on another site too. It is a cool idea, but I wanted to know how well this technology is supposed to be able to stop bullets. The articles I’ve seen just mention that it is a good protection against fish bites, but I don’t believe our armed forces are too concerned over fish biting them when they are out on the battlefield. It will be cool to see the military channel special on this armor when it gets developed for battlefield use.
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This is cook stuff, I would have never thought, can't wait to see our soldiers in training wearing fish armor ?
This is cook stuff, I would have never thought, can't wait to see our soldiers in training wearing fish armor ?
This is cook stuff, I would have never thought, can't wait to see our soldiers in training wearing fish armor ?