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New ‘Intelligent Armor’ Analyzes Impact
 
Scientists and engineers have developed a ‘smart armor’ that has the ability to recognize the size of bullets it is shot with and generate electrical power upon impact.
The brains behind the operation, according to Discovery News, are at U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) in Michigan.
"As a kid, everyone played those video games that showed you how much armor you had left as a percentage bar," TARDEC contractor John Wray told Discovery. "That's exactly what we're working on here and more."
Thursday 26 November, 2009 01:24 PM
 
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