a former football player has developed a new helmet with shock / absorbsion technology based on pressure having a controlled release from the absorbing material.
from the story: ...(looking) in his medicine cabinet when his eyes fixed upon a ribbed plastic bottle used to squirt saline into sinuses. (Vin) Ferrara squeezed the bottle, then pounded on it — finding that it cushioned soft and hard blows with equal aplomb, almost intelligence.
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one quote: Dr. Robert Cantu of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, one of the nation’s leading experts in concussion management, called it “the greatest advance in helmet design in at least 30 years.”
no mention if it was scalable to motorcycle helmets, but anything to lessen the chance of concussion is a good thing...
good / bad for motorcycles?
DOT / snell certifiable?
i guess manufactures would say it's a bad thing, until they can produce their own version...
from the story: ...(looking) in his medicine cabinet when his eyes fixed upon a ribbed plastic bottle used to squirt saline into sinuses. (Vin) Ferrara squeezed the bottle, then pounded on it — finding that it cushioned soft and hard blows with equal aplomb, almost intelligence.
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(nytimes.com, may require FREE registration, did not when i clicked)
Full version of story
Text version of story, no registration needed...
one quote: Dr. Robert Cantu of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, one of the nation’s leading experts in concussion management, called it “the greatest advance in helmet design in at least 30 years.”
no mention if it was scalable to motorcycle helmets, but anything to lessen the chance of concussion is a good thing...
good / bad for motorcycles?
DOT / snell certifiable?
i guess manufactures would say it's a bad thing, until they can produce their own version...
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