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From: ljt@wuphys.UUCP (Lewis J. Thomas III)
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Subject: Re: Need to find that force redirecting material! Help!
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 11:20:29 EST
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In article <597@mit-eddie.UUCP> moore@mit-eddie.UUCP (Andrew M. Moore) writes:
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>   I bet it was Zorbothane.  I think that's what they call it.  I saw the stuff
>demonstrated on TV a few years back.  Some guy put a raw egg between two
>'sheets' of the stuff, took a sledge hammer and -- you guessed it.  No
>harm on the egg's part.  Then he did it with his hand.
>
>It's sort of like a rubber material I think.  I can't remember anything else
>about it, apart from the fact that I think they used it comercially for
>joggers who got sore feet from the pressure of their feet coming
>down on the pavement -- put a sliver of Z-Thane inside the sneaker and
>no more sore feet.  Maybe someone else can confirm the name -- I am not
>sure if that's how you spell it.
>
>-drew
> zthane@large

I would like to know how this stuff works, particularly regarding
conservation of momentum.
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