# How do bulletproof vests work?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Max G. Levy
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/max_g_levy_how_do_bulletproof_vests_work)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

By 1975, Richard Davis had been shot at close range 192 times. But not only was he completely healthy, each of those bullets were part of a demonstration to sell his new product: the bulletproof vest. So, how does such a light, flexible piece of clothing stop a bullet? The secret was a synthetic fiber material invented a decade earlier. Max G. Levy explores the incredible strength of kevlar. \[Directed by Vitalii Nebelskyi, and action creative agency, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu\].

## Lectures

1. [How do bulletproof vests work?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/max_g_levy_how_do_bulletproof_vests_work/10531e7bfb99), 5 min (TED's player)