On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 keyser-soze@hushmail.com wrote:
[[I wonder if a similar techique can be used against bullets for personal armor or home defense.]
It also says: "Electric armor only weighs a ton or two," Not exactly something you can use for bullets :-) It sounds like it's just an MHD instability. The shaped charge of the RPG is a copper jet - so the high current pulse breaks it up. Fire 3 in a row and there's not much current left - depends on how they generate the current between the plates. So you might be able to spread out a bullet and reduce the impact on a kevlar shield. As it is now, the kevlar works amazingly well and is pretty light. And not very expensive either :-) Fun physics in any case. Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike