Worried about blowing a buckle the next time you binge at your local buffet? Best Made’s belts are made from the same material as the harnesses that allow smokejumpers to safelty parachute into a raging inferno. More »
Don’t be surprised if you see the US Army sporting fine garments made from Madagascan bark spider’s silk in the future. It’s “10 times better than Kevlar”, which itself is “five times stronger than steel on an equal weight basis”. More »
When it comes to bulletproof material, I think of strong, dense objects like concrete and really thick glass. I’ve never ever thought of liquids. But British scientists have, and they say liquid armour is better than ordinary Kevlar. More »
Back in 2007, Thodio made the lovingly hand-crafted iBox speakers. But you know what? That was then. In today’s rough and tumble world, your iPod needs speakers wrought with freakin kevlar. Welcome, survivalists, to the Thodio A-Box. More »
newVideoPlayer("/giz-helisaftey2.flv", 500, 375,""); NASA has came up with a rather simple and clever idea that may save a lot of lives: An expandable Kevlar honeycomb cushion that would absorb the impact force in an aircraft crash. NASA’s Karen Jackson is hopeful about it: More »
Holy crap, you guys, bomb-proof wallpaper. This stuff is strong enough to keep very heavy flying objects from breaking walls — in tests, one thin layer was enough to keep a wrecking ball from knocking down a concrete wall. More »
