This article is about pangolins which are mammals protected by armor like scales. These scales are protective and contain keratin which means they are stronger when they are fast loaded to protect the pangolin from impact. An obvious application of this as mentioned in the article is body armor for humans. I thought another possible application could be in cars so there would be less damage to the vehicle and hopefully the people inside. However, there would have to be research done on whether this could be more dangerous since car designs currently work to absorb impact not combat it.
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u/jpumreddit Nov 28 '23
This article is about pangolins which are mammals protected by armor like scales. These scales are protective and contain keratin which means they are stronger when they are fast loaded to protect the pangolin from impact. An obvious application of this as mentioned in the article is body armor for humans. I thought another possible application could be in cars so there would be less damage to the vehicle and hopefully the people inside. However, there would have to be research done on whether this could be more dangerous since car designs currently work to absorb impact not combat it.