d3o

Welcome to Science Class 101. I’m your teacher for the next few minutes, to break down what it is about D3O’s non-Newtonian material that makes its upcoming range of helmet protection potentially revolutionary.

As part of a project to create future body armor offering soldiers greater ballistics protection and ease of movement, scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have developed a liquid which hardens when struck.

d3o's incredibly light and flexible, but effective impact body armour is coming to the motorcycle world - but how will it fare against traditional thick foam motorcycle armour? Noel attacks Loz with a frying pan to find out.