Monday, April 11, 2011

NASA Wants Airplanes Wrapped In Lighning Proof "Magic Skin"


Fox News - We've seen Boeing's "Ultra Green" aircraft mock-ups and MIT's "double-bubble" concept before, but an interesting new technology is being funded over at Cessna: a self-healing "magic skin" that would protect the exterior of an aircraft from lightning, impact damage, extreme temperatures, and even electromagnetic interference (EMI).

Oh, you guys are dirty down there, huh NASA?  Magic Skin, come on, this is a late April Fools day joke, right? I can't be the only one that's noticed this image looks exactly like a condom.  I'm surprised the description didn't read like:

Self-healing, protects from lightning, impact damage, extreme temperatures, and even STD's

It's almost like they took the design and the description right off the back of a Trojans Box.  Pretty clever for a bunch of science nerds.