From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sat Dec 18 2004 - 08:38:51 PST
"The uniform might be made out of fabric treated with another technology
featured in the conference's exhibit hall, shear thickening fluid.
Unofficially referred to by some as liquid body armor, STF is made of equal
parts polyethylene glycol - an inert, non-toxic thickening agent used in a
variety of common products, like some ice creams - and <miniscule> glass
particles, said Eric Wetzel, who heads the STF project team in the Weapons
and Materials Research Directorate of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. "
Ah...once again, we have the old situation; illiterate civil servants,
funded with MY hard-earned money, trying to sound erudite. As an amateur
proof-reader and professional ball-buster, I would like to point out to the
experts, especially Mr. Eric Wetzel, that credibility starts with one's
precise use of language. The word, Eric, is "minuscule" not "miniscule". I
would not trust even such a (self-) important-sounding organization as "The
Weapons and Materials Research Directorate of the U. S. Army Research
Laboratory" (whatever that is) to design my Buck Rogers zoot suit, if they
can't even afford a dictionary or know how to use "spellcheck".
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mil-Veh Co." <milveh@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 11:11 AM
Subject: [MV] The future: In armour/camo
> From military.com, "Lopez, an infantry Soldier
> stationed at the Natick Soldier Center in
> Massachusetts, spent four days in what could be the
> Army uniform of the future at the 24th Army Science
> Conference, explaining the technology behind it.
>
> The black fabric of the form-fitting suit would be
> made through the wonder of nanotechnology, which
> involves manipulating atoms and molecules to create
> things at the nanometer scale. That's about 50,000
> times smaller than the diameter of a strand of hair.
> Soldiers wearing the suit would have the ability to
> blend into any environment, like a chameleon..."
>
> If ya wanna read more on this and about liquid armour
> go to....
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http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_FutureUni,,00.html?ESRC=soldiertech.nl
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