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Dragon Skin Debuts

Posted December 25, 2007 7:46 AM

When the military places soldiers in harm's way, it would seem logical that they be equipped with the best body armor that technology can provide. The new Dragon Skin design appears to garner the rave reviews. Can you think of any manufacturing applications for this shock-absorbing design?

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Re: Dragon Skin Debuts

12/27/2007 1:27 PM

I think the next step is to enlarge segment and fill each cell with a pressurized reactive foam ingredient which when air activated is designed to prevent fire on the body, as well as protect against ammunition fire, but only where activated. A type of self sealing compound which helps to resist heat penetration, while being able to be individually replaced, as needed.

Now that ceramic individual cell armor plating is an option, each cell should be wired into a real time reaction impact sensor and then allowed to react to various levels of intense heat.

One project in mind, was to design an external fire shield / ballistic reactive skin, for foam and steel wall systems, which would react under direct impact.

The thought was, by keeping the contact point over 12" from the core portion of building to be shielded, and by containing a fire resistant safety foam for location based fire protection, the building would be able to resist regional assault by hand held grenade launchers or RPG's, while being serviceable.

A self contained personal fire extinguisher suite, for buildings, aircraft, bus and the like. I visualize your product in a thicker, more 3-D product with options for internal components and compounds.

Too bad you cannot use it for Turbine housings.

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