Comments on: IBM Patents Bionic Armour That Gives Humans Ability To Dodge Bullets http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/02/ibm_patents_bionic_armour_that_gives_humans_ability_to_dodge_bullets-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:23:20 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: NG http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/02/ibm_patents_bionic_armour_that_gives_humans_ability_to_dodge_bullets-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15321 NG Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:22:33 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/02/ibm_patents_bionic_armour_that_gives_humans_ability_to_dodge_bullets-2.html#comment-15321 <p>I can just picture people throwing rocks at people wearing this armour for fun ^^</p> I can just picture people throwing rocks at people wearing this armour for fun ^^

]]> By: mr-crash http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/02/ibm_patents_bionic_armour_that_gives_humans_ability_to_dodge_bullets-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15320 mr-crash Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:58:49 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/02/ibm_patents_bionic_armour_that_gives_humans_ability_to_dodge_bullets-2.html#comment-15320 <p>I'd imagine the system is designed to make small movements, so that it would more effectively use existing bullet proof armour that a person would be wearing. A tiny twist might mean a bullet is more likely to land against the chest, rather than neck or face for example.</p> <p>If it makes large movements, it's potentially dangerous for the wearer (the required motion would have to have considerable force and probably not be terribly comfortable) and is only really useful for shots directed at maybe limbs and even then, only ones from reasonable distances (say, over 100 meters).</p> <p>Even then, A .223 or something similarly small can push 2000+ feet/second no problems. Something more professional or designed to go faster can probably double that. Making such a system (if it were actually useful) less matrix like and more like what I originally described.</p> I’d imagine the system is designed to make small movements, so that it would more effectively use existing bullet proof armour that a person would be wearing. A tiny twist might mean a bullet is more likely to land against the chest, rather than neck or face for example.

If it makes large movements, it’s potentially dangerous for the wearer (the required motion would have to have considerable force and probably not be terribly comfortable) and is only really useful for shots directed at maybe limbs and even then, only ones from reasonable distances (say, over 100 meters).

Even then, A .223 or something similarly small can push 2000+ feet/second no problems. Something more professional or designed to go faster can probably double that. Making such a system (if it were actually useful) less matrix like and more like what I originally described.

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