Remember Demolition Man? A rapidly expanding foam which hardens and provides protection from the various loads and stresses of impact. The idea is to go further, as we could also give this foam nutritional value (and perhaps a bit of flavor), more useful in cases where the accident happens in remote areas, such as with an airplane crash. I considered using the foam as a firestarting aid, but, well... you see the difficulty there. (perhaps with a catalyst? Harmless until needed.)
-- spacer, Feb 07 2005

http://www.lard.net/packing.html Make it out of foamed starch. [Worldgineer, Feb 07 2005]

like... Cheetos? ;)
-- spacer, Feb 07 2005


I think that there is now expanding foam used for insulation which is made from soybeans and is edible and non-toxic.
-- bristolz, Feb 07 2005


My appetite would be slow returning after a severe impact ... I'd prefer some warm, slightly used bathwater to peanuts. I wonder what delights await when these are grilled?
-- reensure, Feb 07 2005


That's why I wasn't really thinking of cars so much as airplanes... sooner or later, if you've survived that long, you'll get hungry. Would you like your Cessna Skyhawk in Lemon Chiffon or Chocolate Cream?
-- spacer, Feb 07 2005


Well, why not? +
-- DesertFox, Feb 08 2005


Yeah. :)
-- DesertFox, Feb 08 2005


So, I guess rum flavor would be a bad idea...
-- spacer, Feb 12 2005


Worth a bun for the title alone, which sounds like something Douglas Adams would have liked.
-- Trout, Feb 14 2005


Trout, that's probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. Thanks.
-- spacer, Feb 18 2005



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