Reply With QuoteNature has had at least a billion years to perfect this stuff. Always a good idea to take a cue from nature. Interesting stuff.
"Fearsome" Shrimp Inspires Next-Gen Body Armour
Nature may be the inspiration for the next generation of body armour.
Military researchers have identified one particular species, the mantis shrimp, which has a fearsome club-shaped fist. This pounds other creatures at a speed of approximately 100,000 metres a second - roughly equivalent to the velocity of a 0.22 calibre bullet.
Now, a Californian researchers hopes to construct a man-made version of this natural design that's both thinner and lighter than present day military body armour...
http://www.armedforces-int.com/news/...dy-armour.html
A case where attack is the best form of defence?!
Last edited by KDC; 06-11-2012 at 11:24 AM.
Nature has had at least a billion years to perfect this stuff. Always a good idea to take a cue from nature. Interesting stuff.
Indeed! You wouldn't want to mess with that shrimp either... Looks likes he'd do well in the military
.22 cal round has usually speed of 300 to 350 meters per second, not a 100,000 m/s. 5.56 or 338 LM which are fast bullets with a flat trajectory can reach speeds up to and little bit over 1000 m/s.
You beat me to it...Originally Posted by snowflakes
i believe there is a mistake in article. 1/3000 of light speed, really? ))
edit: silly me.
What was more interesting is how these shrimp can break aquarium glass.
If a Mantis Shrimp and a Pistol Shrimp got in a fight. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kNfjFpZyAk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ahuZEvWH8
Amaizing beast!
Yep
One of the most complex eyes in Arthropoda reign (they can litteraly have a crosshair sight of their prey thanks to a stereoscopic view)
powerful "fists" (in fact a mix of club and harpoon) able to break aquarium glasses (and perforate scuba diver suit gloves)
A litle thing not to mess with
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