http://snowcrash.danhon.com At the feet of Neal Stephenson Sat, 26 May 2007 19:04:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Where [Hiro's] body has bony extremities, the suit has sintered armorgel: feels like gritty jello, protects like a stack of telephone booths So, sintered means this: To form a material from fusible powder by holding the pressed powder at a temperature just below its melting point for a period of time; the ... http://snowcrash.danhon.com/?p=5 Hiro's - the Deliverator's - armor is made of Arachnofiber weave, assumedly a form of spider silk, but one that through its inherent (unaltered?) biological properties means that: Excess perspiration wafts through it pretty much like the way Nike's Sphere garment technology works: Nike Dri-Fit This high-performance microfiber polyester fabric actually pulls sweat away ... http://snowcrash.danhon.com/?p=4