Machine-washable body armour
Nihon Uni has developed a t-shirt made from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber, which is equal to the aramid fiber which is used in body armor. The material apparently provides superior protection from slashing attacks, but the mesh fabric can be punctured by a sharp point. Aside from rendering blades useless, the material is also completely machine washable and lightweight.
It will be released in Japan in June in both a T-shirt and long sleeve form. Prices for the long sleeve will be from $220, and the short-sleeved version from $190.
via Engadget
awesome!
not only great for all Grinder sports, but perfect for cube-dwellers fearing knife-wielding co-workers going Postal too.
The perfect outfit for today’s dangerous times.
Ooh. Yes indeed… And that’s pretty cheap, for personal body armour.
Great to see progress in advanced materials. But don’t start singing its praises, it’s still useless against stabbings.
Too late! They should have been available a couple days ago!
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4102
Oh HELL yeah! Get me some of that shit!
Stabbings might be a problem… But if you can spin away you can lessen the damage considerably, and it still renders slashing useless. It’d be nice to have a collared one though, most folk out to slice you go for the face or neck. Anywhere else is a stab job for most folk.