Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: HELP! Real life physics problem. Message-ID: <2747@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 18:43:08 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.2747 Posted: Sat Nov 2 18:43:08 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 05:25:39 EST References: <773@charm.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 8 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.