Radically different helmet design

[DefTrap]

The external cage thing I would have thought would be bad for all sorts of reasons - catching on something in an off; noise?

[Horse]

The external cage thing I would have thought would be bad for all sorts of reasons - catching on something in an off; noise?

That's an American football helmet

This is a biking lid: https://www.ruroc.com/home

[DefTrap]

That's an American football helmet

Gotcha. New glasses on order then!

[Horse]

I thought the rotational stuff had been dealt with by the MIPS system?

https://mipsprotection.com/moto

Mentioned here:



The relevant bit being that the Rheon liner deals with both impact and rotation, rather than the two being separate.

Also interesting that Rheon are involved with the brain injury research that's been going on at ICL for several years.

[The Spin Doctor]

Seems odd that they'd go to so much trouble to mitigate against injuries caused by rotational forces and then stick a bull bar on the front that looks like it was designed to catch on stuff and twist the head on impact.

The grill is to prevent a hand or elbow accidentally coming through the face opening. Due to rapidly growing concerns about head injuries and long term effects, te helmet is now pretty much out of bounds in American Football - you can't hit someone in the helmet, and you can't use the helmet to hit someone else... so the protection is against accidental impacts and falls where the head hits the ground.

[The Spin Doctor]

I thought the rotational stuff had been dealt with by the MIPS system?

https://mipsprotection.com/moto

Mentioned here:



The relevant bit being that the Rheon liner deals with both impact and rotation, rather than the two being separate.

Also interesting that Rheon are involved with the brain injury research that's been going on at ICL for several years.

I'm hoping to have a chat with someone from the research team.

[Horse]

Rheon are involved with the brain injury research that's been going on at ICL for several years.

I'm hoping to have a chat with someone from the research team.

They've been working on a number of overlapping strands, including:
- analysis, using multi-camera high definition video recordings, of American footballers' impacts to assess forces suffered
- comparing those assessments against hospital records and brain scans
- cresting computer predictions of injury from impacts
- comparing those predictions against actual injuries
- doing the same sort of process for car occupant injuries, using in-car data recorders
- creating a new crash test dummy neck

[The Spin Doctor]

This is a biking lid: https://www.ruroc.com/home

It's still ruddy ugly!

[Horse]

This is a biking lid: https://www.ruroc.com/home

It's still ruddy ugly!

Spin, looking at the outside of the helmet while wearing it

[The Spin Doctor]

Ha!