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similar to the metal thing on some public telephones,around the wire,or maybe a flexible tube on a shower or something, many of them inside.
a flat object with a bullet hitting it straight on,compared to a bullet hitting a flat object at a sharp angle,or a thin round object
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It seems very dangerous to install. |
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I'm not sure how you could fit this round the outside of an artery, what with all the little arteries and capillaries coming off it. Most arteries are quite deep in the body. You wouldn't want to put the lining *inside* the artery either. Maybe a little stretch of tubing round the artery at particularly exposed regions (the neck) might be possible. |
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But even then, part of the point of a bullet proof vest is that it spreads the impact throughout the vest, so that the force of the impact is spread over a larger area of the body. You wouldn't get the same effect with a tube round an artery, and I'd worry that you'd end up with the tube breaking under impact and severing the artery anyway. |
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They do this for weak/blocked arteries. They're called stints (or stents). The guy who invented the Segway also invented the stint currently in use by U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney. |
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What if a wearer of internal armor needs surgery on a protected reigion? The time required to remove the armor could be the difference between life and death. |
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This sounds a bit like Wolverine, the Marvel superhero and X-man, who has has bones laced with adamantium (a mythical, utilmately tough metal). However it is certainly quite imaginative though. |
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Why not just tattoo kevlar over the important parts? Stents are short, and full of holes (think expanded metal grating) that's why they don't significantly impair blood flow. |
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You have to be careful - even with stents - about clotting and blockages in the area of the stent. This would be an invitation to a number of problems. |
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How about a hard metal sock around the jugular? |
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Remember to cut the toes off first. |
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I give you a bun for originality. In exchange, I ask you to capitalize the first letters in your sentences, use two or more sentences in describing an idea, and describe your comparison in such a way that it makes sense. |
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Worth pointing out that you're six years late with that request, [y-r-x]... |
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