Building Attack-Proof Buildings
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48286,00.html
An idea for protecting buildings from catastrophic collisions by
coating them with granular materials, more or less. Punch a bag
of sand, what happens? Not much. Also possibly useful for minimizing
earthquake damage (an evolution of shockcrete?) and protecting
spacecraft from meteorites(!).
-- Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/ml/
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