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Time Warp: Liquid Body Armor?
Jeff Lieberman and Matt Kearney use eggs, watermelons and slow motion to see if non-Newtonian fluid might be used to save our troops.
Added: Jan 12, 2009
Views: 29354 Views
Runtime: 01:18
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