Bulletproof:
*Badges: I think the difference may not be the material so much as where they were hit. I would've liked to see a more standardized test where they used a stabilized, laser-aimed rig to hit the badge dead center each time.
*Pizza: All I have to say is, what a waste of pizza. (Although I don't like pepperoni.)
*Fat/muscle: Ewww, the lard was disgusting. I'm not sure I accept their conclusion that if the slowest bullets penetrated, every bullet would. We know from past episodes that faster rounds shatter when they hit an air/water interface or an air/ballistics gel interface, and animal tissue is mostly water. They should've tested faster rounds.
*Non-Newtonian cornstarch mix: Interesting idea, but unsurprising result. It may behave like a solid under sharp force, but just being solid doesn't make something bulletproof.
*Ultra-crushed aluminum cans: Clever idea, and surprisingly effective.
*Ceramic tiles: Again, surprisingly effective, at least against the less powerful rounds. These are definitely "don't try this at home" things, though. And something cement-based is probably too heavy to make good armor.
Coffin punch: I love manga Kari! She's adorable! Real Kari in the yellow track suit isn't bad either.
Oh, there's a myth involved? Oh yeah. I wonder if the results would be different if the fist could punch in different locations, or wedge fingers into the crack.
Still, not at all surprised by the results. Of course you couldn't dig out from under that.
Also, realistically, there's no way Uma Thurman could generate as much force with a three-inch punch as that big muscular guy. However well-trained her character may have been, she just didn't have the mass or musculature to equal that. So they were really going beyond the conditions of the myth there.
*Badges: I think the difference may not be the material so much as where they were hit. I would've liked to see a more standardized test where they used a stabilized, laser-aimed rig to hit the badge dead center each time.
*Pizza: All I have to say is, what a waste of pizza. (Although I don't like pepperoni.)
*Fat/muscle: Ewww, the lard was disgusting. I'm not sure I accept their conclusion that if the slowest bullets penetrated, every bullet would. We know from past episodes that faster rounds shatter when they hit an air/water interface or an air/ballistics gel interface, and animal tissue is mostly water. They should've tested faster rounds.
*Non-Newtonian cornstarch mix: Interesting idea, but unsurprising result. It may behave like a solid under sharp force, but just being solid doesn't make something bulletproof.
*Ultra-crushed aluminum cans: Clever idea, and surprisingly effective.
*Ceramic tiles: Again, surprisingly effective, at least against the less powerful rounds. These are definitely "don't try this at home" things, though. And something cement-based is probably too heavy to make good armor.
Coffin punch: I love manga Kari! She's adorable! Real Kari in the yellow track suit isn't bad either.
Oh, there's a myth involved? Oh yeah. I wonder if the results would be different if the fist could punch in different locations, or wedge fingers into the crack.
Still, not at all surprised by the results. Of course you couldn't dig out from under that.
Also, realistically, there's no way Uma Thurman could generate as much force with a three-inch punch as that big muscular guy. However well-trained her character may have been, she just didn't have the mass or musculature to equal that. So they were really going beyond the conditions of the myth there.
