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    The Physics of Batman

    By Posted on 8.15.2008 11 Comments

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    8.23.2008 at 06:26am - Comment by Kiteman

    I agree with 12gage, plus - Why couldn't the mobile sensors be sonar? The main point of phones is the ability to emit and detect sound waves. The Batsuit's wings are not supported by Batman's arms, but by the rigid fram of the wings themselves - memory material, remember? With the truck/atmobile collision, you just weren't paying attention - the collision was not "head on", the Batmobile wedged under the truck, and it got jammed against the roof of the tunnel. It was the mass of the tunnel that stopped the truck, not the Batmobile. That's why the TOP of the truck was flattened, not the front. As for Fox, he doesn't need to be a supergenius, he doesn't need to keep up to date with multiple disciplines - he just needs to keep up with the output of his own department, and have a small talent for lateral thinking. So what if we don't see the actual department? When we saw Fox in his "cavernous laboratory" in the last film, he wasn't in R&D, he had been side-lined by the Board. He was just in a warehouse full of techno-toys. In the second film, he is on the Board, and can afford to arrange his own lab. This whole slideshow is very badly put together. Badly researched, and a poor reflection on PopSci. You need to delete the slideshow and reprimand the author - I could do much better myself, but, then, I know some science and have some common sense.



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