Another modern day light weight strong material made from fibres of glass, oddly enough, that are incased in a polymer. It's very strong for it's weight and is now used for a huge variety of things from boats, cars, even archery recurve bows.
Now considered to be a lo-tech alternative to carbon fibre.

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