According to some redditors, these are Chilean pol... ...ese are Chilean police officers. Their horses are armored , like those ridden by medieval knights. But the armor is thoroughly modern. A 2012 article from the Chi... ...cago Sun-Times describes that city's police horse armor...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/13/Modern-Armor-for-Police-Horses/
"Put your hands up!" "Okay!" BAM! This s... ...fingers and activates a machine gun built into an armored vest. Link -via io9
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/14/armored-vest-shoots-bullets-when-wearer-raises-hands/
Veterans are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan w... ...idemic of back woes, McInroe believes that modern body armor is to blame. "It's too heavy. You can't just put...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/17/back-problems-in-veterans/
Deflexion, developed by Dow Corning, is a mate... ...ous flexibility. So far, it's being used to make body armor for athletes, such as motorcycle riders and rodeo...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/19/automatically-hardening-body-armor/
Four years ago, we wrote that the US Army was deve... ...ars ago, we wrote that the US Army was developing body armor that is normally a liquid, but turns into a solid...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/09/liquid-armor-solidifies-instantly/
Crysomallon squamiferum, also known as the scaly-f... ...ible to duplicate the structure synthetically for armor
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/01/19/body-armor-designed-from-a-snails-shell/
The Canadian firm K9 Storm offers sophisticated physical protection for dogs out in the field. In Popular Science, Clay Dillow writes: The Intruder not only protects canines with a sturdy flak jacket enveloping their...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/02/body-armor-for-dogs/
