Keldrid Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Carbon nanotubes are being researched now for their ballistic capabilities. They are said to work extremely well, and be extremely lightweight. I also read that they can be used for muscular replacements because their reaction to electricity. When electricity is applied, is flexes like a muscle. So could these two properties be combined to make suit of performance enhancing armor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realitycheck Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Their pliability would be nowhere near that of living tissue, unless you used some type of stepped grid, but that would be more in the area of plain robotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPanic Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 [...]So could these two properties be combined to make suit of performance enhancing armor? Could it be done? Yes, probably. Could it be done within our lifetimes? Probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldrid Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 So it wouldn't work very well even if it were to take on the shape of the human muscle anatomy? Similair to the Nanosuit from the Crysis series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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