A new Kickstarter campaign, from UK-based Evolutive Labs, is raising funds for a screen protector called the Rhino Shield — a patent-pending, "impact resistant" polymer that its designer says can withstand almost any type of damage.
The shield is comprised of six layers (pictured below) and, at 0.01 inches thick, it's roughly three times the width of a standard sheet of paper. The two innermost layers, called "impact dumping" and "dispersion" layers, work with the outer layers to absorb shocks when a phone or tablet is dropped.
Eric Wang, founder of Evolutive Labs and designer of Rhino Shield, is a Ph.D. candidate in material science and engineering at the University of Cambridge. He says he created the shield after several of his friends broke their own phone and tablet screens.
"I'm the only nerdy student my friends know," Wang, 27, told Mashable with a laugh. "So they'd always ask me if I had any ideas to prevent shattering glass. Since it's in my field of study, I eventually thought, 'Yeah, I can tackle this.'"
Wang says the principle behind the impact-resisting shield is a basic physics equation: pressure is equal to force divided by area.
"Because these 'dumping' and 'dispersion' layers work together, you can reduce the amount of force per area. And then, overall, you reduce the altitude of the force against the object."
The shield is comprised of six layers (pictured below) and, at 0.01 inches thick, it's roughly three times the width of a standard sheet of paper. The two innermost layers, called "impact dumping" and "dispersion" layers, work with the outer layers to absorb shocks when a phone or tablet is dropped.
Eric Wang, founder of Evolutive Labs and designer of Rhino Shield, is a Ph.D. candidate in material science and engineering at the University of Cambridge. He says he created the shield after several of his friends broke their own phone and tablet screens.
"I'm the only nerdy student my friends know," Wang, 27, told Mashable with a laugh. "So they'd always ask me if I had any ideas to prevent shattering glass. Since it's in my field of study, I eventually thought, 'Yeah, I can tackle this.'"
Wang says the principle behind the impact-resisting shield is a basic physics equation: pressure is equal to force divided by area.
"Because these 'dumping' and 'dispersion' layers work together, you can reduce the amount of force per area. And then, overall, you reduce the altitude of the force against the object."
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