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See this guy getting punched in the stomach? His name is Jackson Gordon, an industrial design student, who has built his own real-life, working prototype version of Batsuit.
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Gordon has developed the combat suit built largely around Kevlar that can protect the wearer completely from knife slashes
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What's Kevlar, you ask?
A high-strength material, Kevlar is the registered trademark for a para-aramid synthetic fiber. It has many applications, ranging from bicycle tires and racing sails to body armour because of its high tensile strength-to-weight ratio; by this measure it is 5 times stronger than steel.
According to its Wikipedia entry, [Kevlar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevlar) is a well-known component of personal armor such as combat helmets, ballistic face masks, and ballistic vests.
It won't take a bullet, but will protect against fists and knives
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Posting a pair of YouTube videos, Gordon demonstrates some basic stress tests for the real-life Batsuit. In the first video, he shows how the basic suit material holds up against knife slashes:
In the second video, he shows a prototype of the chest plate
However, the most fun is in this video. Demostrating the final version of the chest plate and the soft armour plates around his ribs and shoulders, Gordon is seen having the ultimate fun while taunting the guy who is punching away at the Batsuit:
Gordon spent two months on the 11kg Batsuit, during which constructing the helmet was the hardest and most costly part
One of his main priorities was making sure the suit was comfortable and easy to move in. "If this were to inhibit my movement, it would be completely useless," Gordon said.
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Gordon, who is now wondering what to do with his life, would do good to build a Batman Tumbler. Or he could simply get this:
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