Transparent Aluminum

[yesthattom]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20051019/sc_space/militarynewaluminumwindowsstop50caliberbullet

Comments

[rainbear.livejournal.com]

You realize two things here, right?

1) This justifies people thinking Star Trek is real...
2) Glasses made from this would RAWK!

[marmota.livejournal.com]

I was more amused by another link on the same page, "NASCAR Engineers Help Design New Combat Vehicle". The article itself is boring stuff, but my first thought was, "So, what exactly are the military applications of a tank that can only make left turns?".

http://www.livescience.com/technology/050913_military_vehicle.html

[kathdem.livejournal.com]

This means Scotty came back in time and talked into a mouse right? That's what he was "inventing" when they came back and picked up the whales.