Spyder, an American Skiwear company has developed flexible armour that can be fitted into a ski suit. This material while normally flexible becomes rigid upon impact. Aside from the skiing industry the potential for this material is incredible. A light-weight flexible armour could revolutionize countless contact sports and the military.
Anyone who has played Civ IV knows about space elevator in concept. Well, the baby steps are under way. A special carbon fiber cable was tethered to balloons 1.6 km above the surface. The cable performed as expected however, the robots design to crawl up and down the cable were only able to reach 460m above ground surface.
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