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Tag: Make Magazine

Transparent Aluminum- ALON -Take 2

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We wrote about Transparent Aluminum early in our blogging adventure.

Nowdays, we can talk to our computers…

According to MAKE magazine the science seems to have caught up with the fiction.

ALON’s Transparent Aluminum Stops Bullets…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnUszxx2pYc&w=420&h=315]

Original Transparent Aluminum Video

If you ever find yourself in front of a high speed projectile with an inch of ALON’s Transparent Aluminum separating you and the projectile it just might help you-

Buy the T-Shirt!

Buy the T-shirt.

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/01/17/transparent-aluminum/

Posted in Blog, Break RoomTagged ALON, Make Magazine, Scotty picture, Transparent Aluminum

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