11 hours ago
SPAM and theatre all-in-one! Believing your child can deflect bullets effectively by holding an 11" x 14" piece of armor is ridiculous. If you want a Captain America shield go ahead and pay the full price for one of vibranium.
What should your child protect? His/Her legs, head, arms or butt (choose only one)?
11 hours ago
Reminds me of the backpacks in Japan designed for flotation in tsunamis:
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230211/p2a/00m/0na/01...
9 hours ago
This seems to me like the "window break + seatbelt cutter" tools.
They are so weirdly specific emergency devices that if someone actually got to use one, I would check for insurance fraud.
10 hours ago
It's a brilliant idea whoever thought of it.
11 hours ago
A ceramic ballistic plate where the laptop goes would work. It light and shouldn't add a lot of weight.
11 hours ago
> A ceramic ballistic plate where the laptop goes would work
Yes, provided the trajectory of the round is such that it impacts the plate first.
10 hours ago
ballistic plates, and accesory layers help a lot.
the kinetic trauma is difficult to deal with, and not a lot can be done about that with so called hi power rifles.
ricochet is a problem for design. a round can ricochet the surface of the plate redirect and exit the edge striking upperlimbs, or head/neck area. this is mostly a consequence of hit from front. rear not so much but hitting someone nearby is very possible.
11 hours ago
Where does one get such a thing? Is that something only police can get?
8 hours ago
> Is that something only police can get?
Yep. Terribly unsafe things, there's a real chance someone might use it to do something horrible.