Using nanotech to make Robocops

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Using nanotech to make Robocops

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/iop-unt103007.php
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Engineers from the Centre for Advanced Materials Technology at the University of Sydney have found a way to use the elasticity of carbon nanotubes to not only stop bullets penetrating material but actually rebound their force.

Type: Discovery | Also: Nanotech |

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