In Hank's video on tiktok, he mentioned that the armored skin of a Gar is essentially made of Tooth Enamel. The title of this video is "Animals Inspiring the Armor of the Future". .... I immediately pictured a horrifying suit of armor made out of human teeth🦷. Thanks Hank!
Like someone already said it was from SciShow tangents last week. It seems like they have started reusing some of the facts in the show, but they are more polished and you get pictures so it is still great videos even if you listened to the podcast and also vice versa
Surely a combination of comfortable padding and a woven kevlar outer would suit your needs? I'm assuming abrasion is your main concern, or do you need crush and impact protection for reasons I haven't figured out?
Kevlar is also used in anti-cutting protective equipment, like chainsaw chaps. It is also used in the sheathing of fiber optic cable to take the strain of the cable being pulled or just hanging on a pole in the wind. Another cool way to produce the silk that is being researched is genetically engineering yeast to produce the spider silk proteins and then spin the silk fibers from that since it would make producing the the silk far cheaper and faster than using silk worms.
the main problem is money, I'm pretty sure engineers already know how to make great armor but the problem is nobody can or will pay for it (and other problems appear, like weight, cooling, ease of use/maintenance)
Don't get me wrong The moment Hank said material of conch can be used to make better resilient helmets I could remember Christian Bale's Batman thinking about a suit upgrade.
Regarding the use of silk for bullet-proof vests (Item 4), this is not new. One of the reasons that the Huns were able to conquer so much of Europe back in the 4th through 6th centuries AD was that they wore expensive silk blouses under their outer armor. Arrows that were able to penetrate the armor was usually slowed enough so that the silk stopped the head from penetrating the wearer's flesh. If the arrow did manage to penetrate the wearer, it usually failed to penetrate the silk. The result of that is that it was easy to pull the arrow out of the warrior because the entry wound was much smaller than a naked arrowhead. This means that the Hun warrior was able to recover from such an arrow wound relatively quickly, plus he was able to return to combat-ready condition whereas his European opponent often (probably usually) was not.
Probably cause that heat doesn't last very long and we would probably need material that can withstand high temperatures for a long period of time. Not to mention it should be somewhat moldable/flexible in order to get it in the shape that we want.
"Hey, little buoy, whatcha got there?" "I tell you, kind sir, it's a CHITON I found!" "Did you find it there all Armoured Down, Ready to resist that solid beatdown?" "Yes I did find it all armoured down, ready to resist that solid beat down!" 🎶 Pipes🎶
Just saw Hank's tiktok about Gar, so I "ran" over here to find the video. Gar are incredible fish. I've Always loved the ancient "dinosaur" type fish. The Bowfin (dogfish) is another species I find very interesting. Such a prehistoric design.
Chiton eyes They're watching you They see your every move Chiton eyes They're watching you Chiton eyes They're watching you watching You watching you watching you
So we mix most this together make ceramic overlapping plates embedded with soft and ridged Polymers so the plates flex but break in a less damaging way
This was really cool and reassuring. My brother is fire chief and the stories he would comeback from fires with made very aware of materials in my own space. I try to avoid anything prone to fire and keep those that I do have have separated by large areas to prevent spread if one was to break out.
Again another "One of the Best" videos from SciShow. Everything from the information to the "Production Values" are the standard of excellence in the medium. And one of the best RU-vid channels...EVER! Carry on...as you were...
@whesley hynes Found the eco-fascist. It's one thing to advocate for the lives and rights of non-human living beings, and another thing entirely to dig up debunked Malthusian fantasies of having sick and disabled people die of curable/treatable diseases: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecofascism
@@terrabelle9937 this video is precisely why I said lotus plants because it's not just about efficiency. You can't use genetically modified cotton because material would scatter with a breeze (ever walk in a spiderweb by accident?). Spider silk thermalsets in the air just like lotus silk so you could engineer a way to manufacture it in large scale. Lotus root is a food commodity unlike cotton and any other textile so you can eat it. It also grows in water where you can't grow other textiles, so countries with extensive water ways can produce it hopefully with ecological conservation methods without having to choose between growing food or a textile with their farm land.
I grew up eating chitons in Jamaica, we called them Sea Beef and you pry them off the rocks with a knife and then roast them over a fire! We also ate a lot of conch!
Heard you loud and clear. The cult of hank will be meeting at my place every thursday night. You must wear glasses and a button-down and be a really cool person to attend.
This video is just saddening when you think about how many species are going extinct. The things we could learn from them, the life saving technologies we could develope if we studied instead of destroyed.
Being a SciShow Tangents podcast listener makes me wonder, which came first in development: The Tangents episode or the SciShow episode? (My theory is 100% on Tangents, and then they were like "this is freaking awesome, we have to make a video about this")
My family makes arrow tips capable of piercing gar scales, and in fact there is an alagator gar on our logo. These arrow tips can also peirce steel plates too.
Honestly gar armor is insanely tough. My friend and I used to bowfish for them, and eating them was difficult. Have to use a hatchet and a pair of wire cutters to get through to the meat. It doesn't taste that great anyway, but gotta eat what you kill 🤷
The Thought Emporium channel has created yeast that produces spider silk. The overhead cost of producing spider beer is MUCH lower than caring for silkworms or spiders.
Off topic, but I would LOVE to get a SciShow perspective on Florida’s current phosphate plant wastewater storage issue at Piney Point - which is on the verge of collapsing and flowing into Tampa Bay - as well as any perspective on any of the other 25+ such storage sites in the state. Some say it’s radioactive and very dangerous. Some deny that. What’s up? 🙏 Please. ❤️ Love you guys! Respect! ✌️
