I shit you not: the google ad that came up was for bulletproof vests...

The point of any protective gear is to spread the impact over a large surface area. That's how bulletproof vests work: the momentum of the bullet is transferred to the entire torso; it will still feel like an impact, but not a deadly one. This d3o stuff does that but also gets around the clunky awkwardness of most protective gear by being totally flexible. It will be exciting to see where this leads!

Thank you.

In reply to this comment by Fusionaut:
*promote

Casualties of war; as I approach the barricade
Where's the enemy? Who do I invade?
Bullets of Teflon, bulletproof vest rip
Tear ya outta ya frame with a bag full of clips
Cause I got a family that waits for my return
To get back home is my main concern
I'ma get back to New York in one piece
but I'm bent in the sand that is hot as the city streets
Sky lights up like fireworks blind me
Bullets, whistlin over my head remind me...
President Bush said attack
Flashback to Nam, I might not make it back
Missile hits the area, screams wake me up
from a war of dreams, heat up the M-16
Basic training, trained for torture
Take no prisoners, and I just caught ya
Addicted to murder, send more bodybags
They can't identify em, leave the nametags
I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor

Day divides the night and night divides the day
It's all hard work and no play
More than combat, it's far beyond that
Cause I got a kill or be killed kind of attack
Area's mapped out, there'll be no, Stratego
Me and my platoon make a boom wherever we go
But what are we here for? Who's on the other side of the wall?
Somebody give the President a call
But I hear warfare scream through the air
Back to the battlegrounds, it's war they declare
A Desert Storm: let's see who reigns supreme
Something like Monopoly: a government scheme
Go to the Army, be all you can be
Another dead soldier? Hell no, not me
So I start letting off ammunition in every direction
Allah is my only protection

But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same
and this is Asia, from where I came
I'm on the wrong side, so change the target
Shooting at the general; and where's the sergeant?
Blame it on John Hardy Hawkins for bringing me to America
Now it's mass hysteria
I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor

The war is over, for now at least
Just because they lost it don't mean it's peace
It's a long way home, it's a lot to think about
Whole generation, left in doubt
Innocent families killed in the midst
It'll be more dead people after this
So I'm glad to be alive and walkin
Half of my platoon came home in coffins
Except the general, buried in the Storm
in bits and pieces no need to look for em
I played it slick and got away with it
Rigged it up so they would think they did it
Now I'm home on reserves and you can bet
when THEY call, I'm going AWOL
Cause it ain't no way I'm going back to war
when I don't know who or what I'm fighting for
So I wait for terrorists to attack
Every time a truck backfires I fire back
I look for shelter when a plane is over me
Remember Pearl Harbor? New York could be over, G
Kamikaze, strapped with bombs
No peace in the East, they want revenge for Saddam
Did I hear gunshots, or thunder?
No time to wonder, somebody's going under
Put on my fatigues and my camoflouge
Take control, cause I'm in charge
When I snapped out of it, it was blood, dead bodies on the floor

alright, guessing game time (i'm american, so cut me some slack):

tea for=ado
bulletproofs=guests

...

oh god, that's all i understand.

edit: wait, got more!

flamenco=answers
pyong=slang
barney=double

edit again: i figured those ones out before i watched them do it, i swear to god. i'm proud of myself.

>> ^longde:
That has got to be fake. If not, those people should be charged with endangering that infant, and have it taken away. Someone should use them as guinea pigs to test a bulletproof easy chair.


I'm really hoping your comment is fake.
Seriously, the fact that anyone even asks the question scares me.

That has got to be fake. If not, those people should be charged with endangering that infant, and have it taken away.

Someone should use them as guinea pigs to test a bulletproof easy chair.

I wonder exactly what happened. Why is the guy closest to the door raising his hands? Why do the cops have bulletproof vests on?

When god gives you lemons .... ehhh ... not sure where this is going, but you should drive over a car bomb with a tank.

>> ^AeroMechanical:
Those tanks are pretty tough, specifically designed to withstand landmines. All the same, it seems like it would be easier to just detonate it with some small explosives or something from a safe distance. If there are a lot of homes nearby or something though, I suppose the tank method would absorb a lot of the blast. I would think they would move the vehicle filming it further away and that the gunner (or commander, or whoever that guy on top is) would have buttoned up. Or was this not intentional?


You can tell by the debris from the explosion that they're sitting behind a window, which I'm guessing is designed to be bulletproof and sturdy enough to not shudder from a blast like that.

Backpacks are already bulletproof. At least the ones with two or more textbooks in them

Smart cultures need bulletproof vests! (!?!?)

>> ^supersaiyan93:
okay, i get the panels on each side of the shooter, but dude, his balls are behind just glass.



Do you think that they are gonna spend that much money on the gun and the modification to the roof and NOT replace the windshield and other windows with bulletproof glass?

>> ^Payback:
and the clerk would be in jail for "denial of liberty" or whatever the law calls whatever just a little bit less than kidnapping is.

IANAL, but I believe the term is "Unlawful Detainment" or "False Imprisonment" (depending on the state), and were this in the U.S., it's doubtful it would apply. Basically, if a private citizen reasonably believes someone has or is committing a serious crime, they have the right to detain the suspect and wait for police to arrive.

[edit] The video itself basically provides no evidence if a crime is being committed, but I imagine the other customers' testimony in any civil or criminal case would not be helpful to the detainee.

>> ^misterwight:
>> ^millertime1211:
They must have a better court system there. Here in the US he would have claimed injury and sued. Then he wouldnt have to rob the store...he would own it.

^
Sad because it's entirely true.


^ ...and the clerk would be in jail for "denial of liberty" or whatever the law calls whatever just a little bit less than kidnapping is.

>> ^millertime1211:
They must have a better court system there. Here in the US he would have claimed injury and sued. Then he wouldnt have to rob the store...he would own it.


^
Sad because it's entirely true.