“Bomb-proof” kevlar wallpaper
Make has this interesting video of a bomb proof kevlar wall. While it is neat there are a number of things that really don’t make sense to me here. First the wallpaper is held to the frame of the rig, as long as the wall paper doesn’t rip then the wall isn’t going to fall down. How is this going to work in the real world, are people going to have to put rigging on their ceiling and floor? What if a bomber takes out enough load bearing members to make the supports not hold anymore. Wouldn’t the wallpaper then become moot?
Not that I’m trying to poo-poo research, just seems like I’d like to see more video of this in actual situations and more rigorous tests.