An ordinary T-shirt that can deflect bullets, anyone?

Scientists Discover How to Turn Ordinary T-Shirts Into Body Armor

ecouterre.com 20 Sep '12, 2pm

An ordinary T-shirt that can deflect bullets, anyone?

that can deflect bullets may sound like the stuff of comic books, but scientists have developed a way of bulking up an ordinary T-shirt to create wearable armor. By splicing the carbon in the cotton with boron, the third hardest material on the planet, researchers at the University of South Carolina markedly increased the fabric’s toughness. The result is a lightweight shirt reinforced with boron carbide—the same material used to shield military tanks.

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