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Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by sudosysgen »

mattigames wrote: post #40
sudosysgen wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an absolutely amazing innovation, but bike thieves have already progressed to using powder-actuated pistons in order to break the internal mechanism of a lock. Much faster and easier than cutting anything.

Locks should have a layer of explosive material inside, so firing the powder-actuated tool (PAT) may ignite the explosives and destroy the PAT itself, and it would help too by making some very strong noise so people may hear something is going on.

Are you going to make that explosive sensitive to shocks? Otherwise, how is it going to ignite? And if you would do so, you realize how dangerous that is, right?

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by strken »

teruakohatu wrote: post #21

This could be a revolution in bike locks. Right now compact battery powered cutting tools can remove just about any bike lock quickly and can easily be concealed.

Looking at the paper, the material is 13mm ceramic spheres (about the width of a finger) suspended in a foam of aluminium and a small amount of titanium. The bike lock would have to be quite thick, particularly the armour around the locking mechanism.

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by fortran77 »

teruakohatu wrote: post #33
sudosysgen wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an absolutely amazing innovation, but bike thieves have already progressed to using powder-actuated pistons in order to break the internal mechanism of a lock. Much faster and easier than cutting anything.

Maybe in YouTube videos but I have not heard of people using Ramsets to steal bike in real life. Firing a gun is a good way to get people call the cops. Edit: I am wrong!

Nobody will stop you in San Francisco.

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by jeppesen-io »

cvg wrote: post #39

Sounds amazing, but how will we dispose of this? Looks like 760 C is required to form this. I imagine it will need to be heated above this to dispose of.

Huh? Plenty of things go in landfills that won't go away for many lifetimes

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by perl4ever »

mindcrime wrote: post #34
sudosysgen wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an absolutely amazing innovation, but bike thieves have already progressed to using powder-actuated pistons in order to break the internal mechanism of a lock. Much faster and easier than cutting anything.

Not to mention pre-cutting bike racks themselves (and handrails, etc. that people lock their bikes to ), and then putting some duct tape or something over the cut. When they get ready to take your bike they don't have to cut a thing. Just lift up the cut section, slip your chain/lock through the gap, and go.

That's brilliant. It reminds me of people who have written about how disappointing magic tricks generally are when they're revealed, because you think "I could have thought of that" but you probably couldn't.

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by abiogenesis »

> The blade is gradually eroded, and eventually rendered ineffective as the force and energy of the disc or the drill is turned back on itself, and it is weakened and destroyed by its own attack.

What about an angle grinder disc made of this new material?

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by Godel_unicode »

walrus01 wrote: post #47
sudosysgen wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an absolutely amazing innovation, but bike thieves have already progressed to using powder-actuated pistons in order to break the internal mechanism of a lock. Much faster and easier than cutting anything.

In any major city really the solution is to never lock anything up in public that is worth more than $400 or so. I have two road bikes, the insurance replacement value of each would probably be $3000, and I wouldn't even dream of buying a lock. I literally don't even know where my lock is. The last time I saw a lock was when I put it in a box of stuff on a shelf in my garage 10+ years ago. If you have a nice road bik…

We definitely mind, we're just too polite to tell you. Knowing your friend spends thousands (plural) on their bike makes you feel bad about not wanting their "clean" tires, which definitely didn't roll through dog turds and cat pee on the way there, on your floors.

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by db48x »

senectus1 wrote: post #50
jachee wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe that answer hinges on whether "cut proof" is the same as "puncture-proof".

Sword players will still be interested...

Not really. Armor made of this material has to be much thicker than ordinary steel plate. Furthermore, ordinary steel plate is entirely effective against swords, except at the joints and articulations.
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