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New body armour promises to transform fighting sports

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Re: New body armour promises to transform fighting sports

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Post by monk_e_boy »

programLyrique wrote: post #13

Maybe it calculates the fractures and other injuries, but if the goal is realism, as a wounded figther is likely to be less efficient, they should also find a way of hampering movement for the wounded parts.

Like in enders game. The suit froze that part of the body. Which Ender used to effect.

Re: New body armour promises to transform fighting sports

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Post by falcolas »

Rhapso wrote: post #9

Having done some SCA heavy, those open inner thighs make me twitch (armpits too, but less could be done about that). One thing SCA has figured out that the sports industry seems to have failed to is how helms work. It turns out the best way to extend the reduce the impact of hits to the head is NOT cushioning or crumpling to extend impulse but rather just having a lot of mass to move. I've been smashed over the head…

I had the same cringe-like response to the thighs. And if their weapons wrap at all (and that image indicates that they will, with a vengeance), they'll regret not armoring the backs of their legs.

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Post by krautsourced »

jkot wrote: post #7
mjdude wrote: post #3

Interesting,19 kilos is still fairly significant weight to be carrying around. It'll have a material impact on the way a person fights.

It is hardly impressive. Mediaval armour had about the same weight: > A complete suit of plate armour made from well-tempered steel would weigh around 15–25 kg(33-55 pounds).[2] The wearer remained highly agile and could jump, run and otherwise move freely as the weight of the armour was spread evenly throughout the body. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_armour

If I'm not mistaken plate armour wasn't all that great against blunt weapons though, since it probably does not distribute the impact very well. Whereas I'd suspect this kevlar armour to basically swallow those punches over a larger area, no?

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Post by krautsourced »

krautsourced wrote: post #18
jkot wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is hardly impressive. Mediaval armour had about the same weight: > A complete suit of plate armour made from well-tempered steel would weigh around 15–25 kg(33-55 pounds).[2] The wearer remained highly agile and could jump, run and otherwise move freely as the weight of the armour was spread evenly throughout the body. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_armour

If I'm not mistaken plate armour wasn't all that great against blunt weapons though, since it probably does not distribute the impact very well. Whereas I'd suspect this kevlar armour to basically swallow those punches over a larger area, no?

Really nice article here, btw: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/aams/hd_aams.htm

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Post by sp332 »

duncanawoods wrote: post #2

I like the idea of using real-time cgi to render shiny suits of armour and the consequence of "hits". As grim as watching decapitation might be, I expect the ratings would be huge.

You could even have different feeds rendering different levels of gore, and the viewers could pick which they wanted.
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