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From: tino@hou2f.UUCP (A.TINO)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: HELP! Real life physics problem
Message-ID: <585@hou2f.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 09:34:24 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  5 09:34:24 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 04:10:04 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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>One of the racing shoe manufacturers (Nike, etc.) research
>departments came up with a wonderful rubbery substance that
>absorbs shock by redirecting it laterally.  I saw this
>demonstrated on one of the TV talk shows a year or two ago.
>It looks like just the thing for your egg-dropping experiment
>(a parachute would help, too).  Unfortunately I can't remember
>the name of the product or where to find it; perhaps someone
>else on the net knows.

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Are you thinking of Shoe-Goo?