Technology Is A Beautiful Thing

[aaron_bourque]

First, there was the transparent substance that can stop a .50 caliber round:

http://www.livescience.com/technology/051018_new_glass.html

Then came the beam weapon with nonlethal applications:

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8275

Now?

http://www.defense-update.com/products/t/trophy.htm

Energy shields.

Well, okay. It's more a series of radiating energy beams that surround the source and work more like chaff. But that's still really cool.

Probably causes cancer like crazy though.

Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque