New "flubber" foam

jay_haych · 03-10-2007 8:18am #1

A revolutionary new foam has been developed which its makers claim can protect people from pain and injury when they hit something at speed - or when something hits them.
Bikers, cyclists, snowboarders and skiers could benefit from wearing suits and helmets containing D3O, and riot police in the US are putting it through its paces

watch the video clip on the skynews website. a journalist is wearing a shovel off the inventers head and knees

conky_05 · 03-10-2007 8:28am

yeh heard about that stuff, looks brilliant

even the likes of quick-silver have beanies out now that use it (saw them on the website, look great !) .... the main idea is that when being used normally it's flexible and moveable, but on impact it hardens up

Mossy Monk · 03-10-2007 8:42am

That is pretty cool. He is going to make a fortune from it.

Saint_Mel · 03-10-2007 9:01am

Would have been funny if the flubber slipped off his
knee just as the interviewer was swinging the shovel

03-10-2007 9:18am

Oh that looks like good fun

Stercus Accidit · 03-10-2007 9:21am

Any one remember the mythbusters episode with the custard,

You could walk across it it you stamped hard enough as it became solid when impacted, but you would sink if you stood still.

Similar principle I think, dont know what its called.

oneweb · 03-10-2007 9:36am

jay_haych wrote:

watch the video clip on the skynews website. a journalist is wearing a shovel off the inventers head and knees

Sky News reporting at it's best: "Now then if you got a motorcycle or a pushbike and have ever falled off it...", has he been hit by the shovel already?

Anyway it's quite simple, really, the guy's got two prosthetic legs. And eh, a prosthetic skull

biko · 03-10-2007 9:47am

LOL the reporter loved whacking that guy over the head

Clare Bear · 03-10-2007 10:03am

Oooh that is cool!

Dyr · 03-10-2007 11:06am

screw protection..this stuff will make a sweet weapon

or am I the only person thinking like that?

Overheal · 03-10-2007 11:19am

Oh imagine: NFL is the sissy sport for padding but wait till the accusations start happening about the All Blacks wearing D30 hats

weeder · 03-10-2007 12:07pm

Motosam wrote:

Any one remember the mythbusters episode with the custard,

You could walk across it it you stamped hard enough as it became solid when impacted, but you would sink if you stood still.

Similar principle I think, dont know what its called.

they did that on brainiac also

Tar.Aldarion · 03-10-2007 12:37pm

Going to be a rich man.

AlmightyCushion · 03-10-2007 12:47pm

That is class.

TPD · 03-10-2007 12:57pm

thats fairly sweet alright

Fringe · 03-10-2007 1:26pm

That looks amazing... Anyone know where I can get a hat with it?

SheroN · 03-10-2007 1:44pm

Witchcraft.

UpcomingStudent · 03-10-2007 1:46pm

i saw this a while ago, you can drop an unboiled egg onto it from a 10 meter height and 99% of the time it WONT break.

So Glad · 03-10-2007 1:53pm

AS in the film

Terry · 03-10-2007 2:05pm

Cool.
I'm drunk now, so I'm gonna go out and start a fight ( I couldn't fight my way out of a wet paper bag) and not get hurt.
It works like that, yeah?

retrospect · 03-10-2007 2:37pm

Motosam wrote:

Any one remember the mythbusters episode with the custard,

You could walk across it it you stamped hard enough as it became solid when impacted, but you would sink if you stood still.

Similar principle I think, dont know what its called.

I think its called "viscous" .

GhostInTheRuins · 03-10-2007 2:41pm

Motosam wrote:

Any one remember the mythbusters episode with the custard,

You could walk across it it you stamped hard enough as it became solid when impacted, but you would sink if you stood still.

Similar principle I think, dont know what its called.

I don't know about custard but I used to mix cornflour and water and it does the same thing . I used to mess around with it when I was a kid. You could slide your fingers into it etc but if you hit it it became solid. Great craic:D