Bulletstopping laptops
BusinessWeek article about the US military's preferred laptop, the ruggedized Toughbook from Panasonic. They're issued to Special Forces paratroopers and used by B-1 bomber crews, and one soldier in Iraq actually used one to stop bullet during a firefight. Even though they're expensive, ruggedized and semi-ruggedized laptops (like ones you probably couldn't stop bullets with) are said to be selling well with non-military types as well, since they reduce the 20% failure rate of regular laptops to just 5%. And lest you worry that all the extra bulk of a ruggedized note is gonna slow you down, Panasonic makes an ultralight version.
[Via BoingBoing]
