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STORIES ABOUT: Bulletproof
50 Cent Dropping Blood in the Sand
When 50 Cent: Bulletproof hit late in 2005, most people said that maybe 50 should stick to music, a game he knows how to play, rather than lend his name to a videogame that made Gamespot create a whole new category, called "Worst Game that Everyone Played," just ... [read more >>]
27 March 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Almost Bulletproof Sheet of Gold Is Only 50 Atoms Thick
Scientists managed to create an ultrastrong material that has many of the characteristics of the plexiglas, used to make bulletproof glass. The strange thing about this material is the fact that it's made of a 50-atom-thick layer of gold particles. Seen under a microscope, the new material, developed by scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory looks like a transparent sheet of closely packe ... [read more >>]
23 July 2007, 05:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
How to Drive the $3.8 Million Rolls Royce
In a world where the threat of terrorism is almost everywhere, the richest and most powerful people need to feel safe when traveling in a car. Civilian armored cars are either factory produced, such as the BMW 7 Series High Security and the armored Audi A6 and A8 cars, or retrofitted versions of series cars. Rolls-Royce is mostly famous for the elegant and expensive limousines, with an unique aspect and a prestige other car m ... [read more >>]
06 June 2007, 11:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Polythene Bulletproof Vest, 40% Stronger Than Kevlar
Polyethylene is a thermoplastic material made by the chemical industry and heavily used in consumer products, over 60 million tons being produced worldwide every year, in stuff like plastic bags and sandwich boxes. Now, a team of scientists discovered it can also be used to make bulletproof vests, in the form of dense, high-molecular-weight fibers that can stop a bullet in its tracks. It's the first time someone has been able to c ... [read more >>]
04 June 2007, 04:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
How to Get Shot and Live!
As evolved as humans are, the dominant species of this planet has not evolved much, in terms of man-to-man combat, beyond the stone-throwing ability developed by our ape-like ancestors, around 4 million years ago. First, apes learned how to throw a stone. Then, early humans learned how to attach the stone to a stick and they invented the spear and the arrow. Then they realized physical strength is not enough to throw a stone beyond a f ... [read more >>]
23 April 2007, 11:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Superman Ain't Got Nothing on You
It's a dangerous world out there, and the truth of the matter is that you never know when you might get into trouble, without even looking for it. That's why self-defense devices are becoming increasingly popular these days, and one of the most serious and useful such things is the black weatherproof disguised bullet/stab-proof jacket presented by a company called PDL (a.k.a. Spycatcher of Knightsbridge), which, accordi ... [read more >>]
09 March 2007, 03:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
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