Future soldiers may be wearing fish-inspired body armor

On most fish, their hard, overlapping scales provide considerable protection against pokes and cuts. Because those independently-moving scales are each attached to a flexible underlying skin, however, the fish are still able to easily twist and turn their bodies. Scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and MIT are now attempting to copy that structure, to develop flexible-yet-effective armor for humans. .. Continue Reading Future soldiers may be wearing fish-inspired body armor



Section: Science



Tags: Armor, Biomimicry, Fish, MIT, Protection, Soldiers, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology



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