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    Saab Self-Healing Ceramic Ball Soft Armor

    This is cool:

    Saab’s Soft Armour system offers protection against ballistic penetration up to NATO 7.62 mm AP ammunition (STANAG level III). The system is a box concept filled with hard ceramic balls. The system is especially designed to enhance survivability and can be fitted to any structure prior to missions, or even retrofitted to existing structures in operational theatre.

    A unique ceramic material protects against ballistic penetration. Soft Armour is a patented ballistic protection technology that provides security for people in vulnerable environments. Soft Armour also protects critical equipment and facilities. Soft Armour protects against all small arms ammunition including armour piercing. The system has a lower total cost than ceramic and composite protection, with reusability, multi-hit capabilities and high flexibility.

    Less marketing, more demonstrating in this video:

    WTF is with the warning at the starting? – “Despite our effort this video may contain violent content, viewer discretion is advised.”

    Saab-soft-ceramic-armorAfter watching both videos, I think the “hack” is to repeatedly hammer the target lower down in order to sink the balls… then go for the new unarmored top section. Unless someone is pouring new balls in, I see that as being its Achilles heel.

    You can read more about it on Saab’s website. Nice site btw… real clean and functional.

    Thoughts? In ball you trust?

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    The Right To Keep And Bear Taco Cannons Shall Not Be Infringed

    The taco amendment to the 2nd Amendment is alive and well in Omaha Nebraska:

    Larry-FieriIt’s all fun and games until someone takes some errant of pico de gallo to the face at 92 mph. :P

    I love his answer at 0:44 – “I don’t know, we just do it” haha.

    Slow day today… nothing very good I want to make fun of / report on.

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    Japanese Airsoft Dance

    haha this is great:

    costa-japan-memeJapanese-Airsoft-DanceWhat’s the over/under on her being a Costa fangirl?  I can’t speak Japanese, but did she say anything in the video about having his love child?  She’s definitely doing all his signature moves.

    0:42 – Definite “Remove Before Flight” tag on that left boot.  haha

    Man, Japanese girls are just a whole new level of quirky.  I notice that on the online dating sites too… I click the profiles and I’m always like “LOL wtf?”, even looking past the multiple hand peace signs they do in every picture.

    LOL just revisited these Costa memes too… so great.

    Thoughts?  Would jump sharks dynamically in Japanese waters with?

    Gat tip: no uno

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    Guess That Gun Sound

    The homies over at The Firearm Blog put up a cool video:

    TFB-Guess-That-Gun-SoundSince TFB is running summary RSS (*shakes fist* summary is the devils tool), rather than full RSS I almost didn’t even click through when I was browsing my feed.  I’m glad I did though, because the video was good PLUS Alex is even wearing an old school ENDO Apparel shirt!  That’s the Pictogram Fire Selector Switch shirt.  There’s actually only small & medium of that and the black version left.  Take 50% off that design for the next couple days using code PICTOME if you’re interested.  Also guys, I can’t stress enough, sign up for the ENDO Apparel mailing list.  I am announcing exclusive deals constantly through that list (twice a week usually), and I am NOT talking about them on the blog normally.  There will be another one tomorrow sometime.  You’re welcome to use multiple discount codes in combo with one another currently, you just have to email me after you place the order though so I can refund the proper amount because the system will only accept one discount code.

    On another note, damn TFB is fancy with their white board and their grand round table. Flash to me in my underwear eating blueberries alone in the dark in front of the glow of two 27″ iMacs.

    Did you guess them all?  I got 3 of them so I don’t suck that bad I suppose.

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    5 Facts About Getting Shot

    Despite the fact I absolutely despise “clickbait” lists… here’s one in video form:

    For those of you who are just spectators in this whole internet thing, you probably noticed that lists have been all the rage for a while now.  Well, that’s because apparently people love bullshit lists and they click on them so that’s why every lameass blogger under the sun is making them up all of the sudden.

    oprah-derp-face3:17 – Carbon nanotubes do sound quite awesome.

    If anything, this video reminded me I should see some of the movies I haven’t yet (such as John Wick), and possibly re-watch some old ones I haven’t seen in a while.

    They used some of our boy Richard Ryan‘s footage in the vid!

    Gat tip: Brian

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    DARPA Robot Derps

    Fails from day 1 of the DARPA robotics challenge:

    Chappiehaha it’s like they showed up drunk.  Not quite Chappie levels of agility yet.  If it’s anything like the movies though, these robots will definitely have the last laugh when they turn on mankind and try to kill us all.

    There’s a short article at IEEE Spectrum which you can read.  Some of the comments are pretty funny / butthurt.

    Gat tip: Luke