[Fineus]

Engineers here are testing a new kind of transparent armor -- stronger and lighter than traditional materials -- that could stop armor-piercing weapons from penetrating vehicle windows.

The Air Force Research Laboratory's materials and manufacturing directorate is testing aluminum oxynitride -- ALONtm -- as a replacement for the traditional multi-layered glass transparencies now used in existing ground and air armored vehicles.

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123012131

It's about time!

[CP5670]

So that's what all those glass walls in games that simply refuse to break are made of.

[ShadowWolf_IH]

wehy am i having visions of scotty trying toi talk into a mouse to show the guy how to make transparisteel in Star Trek IV?  very very cool stuff though.

I know what you mean - Kal[/color]

[achtung]

This could be used in space exploration just as much as armor for the military.

[Sandwich]

Can I have a coating of that on my LCD monitor?? PLEEASEEEE???

[TrashMan]

Next on the market -indestrucable see-trough cars!!!

Of course their popularity among the kids is quastinalbe due to the impracticall issues of back seat action

[Nuke]

another piece of technology from star trek that has become real. it should be lighter than glass wich is good news for the aerospace industry.

[Kosh]

Originally posted by Nuke
another piece of technology from star trek that has become real. it should be lighter than glass wich is good news for the aerospace industry.

But how long will the military keep this tech locked up?

[karajorma]

This is further proof that Gene Roddenberry came from the future to give us ideas that would later be proven true via the medium of a sci-fi TV show.

What the F**k he was trying to tell us with Andromeda however is more of a mystery

[Inquisitor]

"Helloooo computer..."

[Mongoose]

Originally posted by Inquisitor
"Helloooo computer..."

Best Star Trek line ever

[kv1at3485]

Ah, I see the march to better synthetic quartzes continues.

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Mongoose

Best Star Trek line ever

[color=66ff00]I thought his next line was even better:

"Keyboard... How quaint."

Makes me smile every time. As does the fact that Nichelle Nicols and Walter Koenig walked around in public asking where the nuclear wessels were. That bit isn't rehearsed.
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[MatthewPapa]

we've come a long way since panzer glass, thats for sure

[Osiri]

cool