With our understanding of forces and energy transfer at an all time high, we came up with a list of criteria and constraints to consider not just for a phone case (which launched our unit), but for any system that's designed to protect something of value to us.
We agreed that materials that seem to be top performers share one big idea in common: There's lots of empty space in them--like in bubble wrap. This makes it harder for the energy to transfer, as it can only transfer when two objects come in contact!
So how can we use this to answer our questions that were a part of our launch about protecting things of value to us?