There could soon be a sci-fi like cloaking device that would protect soldiers from intense shock waves generated by explosions.
Defense company Boeing filed a patent for the device which would stop shock waves using a veil of heated, ionized air.
The heated air would work as a shield by changing the speed at which shock waves travel and therefore bending them around a protected soldier.
A researcher at the company said the idea occurred to him after noticing the kinds of injuries suffered by soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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This would be great for our soldiers!
-Tyler Jackson
