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by peterchon 2956 days ago
I lost it at the starwars elevator music.
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always_good 2955 days ago
I always chuckled at how imperial armor is so plasticy, and they only doubled down on it since the trilogy.

This ray tracing demo just about caricaturizes it.

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bufferoverflow 2955 days ago
Some modern armor is made out of UHMWPE plastic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-molecular-weight_po...

Armor tested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsjOV7tcGRI

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