Ipod saves lives

[Corporate Thug]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiki/445621299/in/pool-appleusers/

 

[uhohs]

I DEMAND THAT OUR TROOPS BE PROTECTED WITH IPOD ARMOR

 

[Alone]

I seriously doubt the iPod slowed the bullet enough to make the armor effective enough to stop it.

 

[scorpmatt]

right.

mental note:

Buy expensive mp3 player to take into hostile area, place mp3 player over vital area in order to activate its defense mechanism. get shot

 

[Hyperlite]

LOL @ the womans face

 

[Rubycon]

That's a great pic.

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
LOL @ the womans face

She looks pissed that he broke his iPod. He looks happy for having pissed off his wife so gloriously.

 

[dartworth]

Steve Jobs is a marketing genius...

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: dartworth
Steve Jobs is a marketing genius...

qft

 

[Canai]

Funny our troops need ipods to protect them

I think Apple should provide all the soldiers over there with them for free

 

[nonameo]

Insurgent shoots....


and an AMAZING save by iPod!

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I've hear of soldiers saved by MRE's, cookies, dog tags, bibles, seat belts, their own guns.

No Ipods yet though. However, theres probably a lot of soldier with Ipods over there, so this was bound to happen.

 

[Alone]

iProof?

 

[50cent1228]

no it didn't

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Alone
I seriously doubt the iPod slowed the bullet enough to make the armor effective enough to stop it.

Seriously. I don't think it'd even slow a .22 bullet down very much.

 

[Smartazz]

I don't know how much an ipod would slow down a bullet coming from an AK47. I'm not sure if it would be all that significant, but it's possible.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Alone
I seriously doubt the iPod slowed the bullet enough to make the armor effective enough to stop it.

Seriously. I don't think it'd even slow a .22 bullet down very much.

Didn't it say he had body armor on?

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Alone
I seriously doubt the iPod slowed the bullet enough to make the armor effective enough to stop it.

Seriously. I don't think it'd even slow a .22 bullet down very much.

Didn't it say he had body armor on?

I think we're arguing that the iPod didn't slow the bullet enough to be the reason the bullet didn't penetrate. I'm no arms expert, but I don't think an iPod would be even a slight factor in this.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I don't know, its an inch of metal and plastic. I'm betting it did the job very well.

 

[MrDudeMan]

an ipod would definitely slow down the bullet if the back was metal, which it looks to have be. if the bullet is slowed down by even 2%, and the force of which the body armor can absorb is most definitely non-linear, the top 2% it absorbed would probably be enough to take the edge off of a high speed round. i think it would have to hit just right to make any type of noticeable difference, but its certainly possible, especially if it hit the part of the ipod with the most density.

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
an ipod would definitely slow down the bullet if the back was metal, which it looks to have be. if the bullet is slowed down by even 2%, and the force of which the body armor can absorb is most definitely non-linear, the top 2% it absorbed would probably be enough to take the edge off of a high speed round. i think it would have to hit just right to make any type of noticeable difference, but its certainly possible, especially if it hit the part of the ipod with the most density.

Isn't the metal used in iPods as well as most MP3 players very thin?

 

[irishScott]

Gotta wonder what the iRack would do

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Its not even that, when the bullt hits something with anywhere near the thickness/hardness of an Ipod, it will

1. Start deforming which makes it a lot easier for the armor to stop it, if the bullet does go though

2. The ipod will spread the impact over its entire surface area, drastically taking away kinetic energy quickly

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
Its not even that, when the bullt hits something with anywhere near the thickness/hardness of an Ipod, it will

1. Start deforming which makes it a lot easier for the armor to stop it, if the bullet does go though

2. The ipod will spread the impact over its entire surface area, drastically taking away kinetic energy quickly

Ah, makes sense.

 

[eleison]

ceramic plates stop high velocity rifle rounds... hence most iraqi snipers aim for gaps in armor... ipod is not a factor...