“The harder the foam is hit, the harder it gets. As a result, auxetic foams provide a much higher energy absorbing capability and much better protection.” Auxadyne engineers have optimized the ...

A lightweight, ultra-shock-absorbing foam made from carbon nanotubes is ... which could allow it to provide improved impact protection. Physical forces from an impact can inflict trauma in the ...

This foam padding, which absorbs shock while providing comfort and protection, is now widely used almost 50 years after it was developed for NASA. Temper foam has padded the helmets of race car ...

Its inventors embedded ceramic spheres in aluminium foam to create a material that couldn’t be cut with angle grinders, power drills or water jet cutters. They dubbed it Proteus after the shape ...