From: Natasha V. More (fka Nancie Clark) (flexeon@primenet.com)
Date: Sun Mar 09 1997 - 18:10:43 MST
At 07:11 PM 3/9/97 -0400, Johnny Carwash wrote:
>>I am interested in silicon dioxide, actually. Your comments on silicon and
>>its glass like texture makes sense. Yet, the use of abrasive solid hard
>>surface structures for protective devices, like an armor, has a visual
>>element that I like.
>Well, solid body armour isn't that great an idea because of the mobility
>difficulties inherent in it.
>>This is a topic where scientific suggestions could be insightful. What
>>suggestions do other have for mid-transhuman to late-transhuman stages?
>I think a far better armour could be achieved by using a net of diamond
>crystals ,connected in a manner that would let the material flex. Depending
>on the shape of these crystals, they can be almost entirely diffuse, and
>therefore not transperant. In addition, diamond is an incredibly strong
>substance, and not very heavy.
Diamond crystals would reproduce beautifully. These crystals would have to
be rather tiny and fully spaced apart with the flex connectors, I would imagine.
Natasha Vita More [fka Nancie Clark]
http://www.primenet.com/~flexeon
Extropic Art Manifesto!: http://www.primenet.com/~flexeon/extropic.htm
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