d3o - elastic material that absorbs physical effects

d3o ( di-tri-o ) is a new material, soft and elastic, until a sharp strong impact is applied to it.
It is soft as a chewing gum, but if you strike a lump of this material with a hammer, the lump hardly deforms.

Due to this property, the material is already used for the production of equipment for skiers: knee pads, elbow pads.
In the future, it is planned to make jellies from this material to armor — elastic and not constraining movements, but not pierced by bullets and shrapnel.



Commercial use of the material began in 2005, since it has already been used in the following products:

• Winter sports equipment. The teams of the USA and Canada at the Olympiad 2006 used costumes with d3o inserts
• Sells Goalkeeper Products launches football goalkeeper gloves
• Inserts in the back of the motorcycle gloves to protect the joints
• IPhone Cases
• Capulet uses d3o to manufacture pointe shoes (ballet shoes)
• Protective gear SixSixOne for motorcycle sports
• Molecular armor will be released soon.

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Several videos showing amazing material properties:




Another video from the BBC
Wikipedia (en)
www.d3o.com