Engineering the Strongest Foam in the World

I'm not sure I would want the metal of my boat to look like the Swiss-cheese-ish piece of metal in the video still above. It just wouldn't instill confidence from me and - I would imagine - my fellow passengers.

Still, the decrease of weight without subsequent decrease in metal strength is a fairly perfect pursuit for research, particularly as it's being undertaken by Nikhil Gupta at NYU Polytechnic.

Check out either of the two articles that cover the same content as the above video and start getting ready not to worry about the 'holes' in your boat.

• A metal composite that will (literally) float your boat
• One of the strongest, lightest metals ever made is less dense than water