SIAP - New Technology could help reduce head trauma while playing football
https://phys.org/news/2019-11-material-safer-football-helmets-injuries.html
"The photopolymer-based microlattice material shares a resemblance to the Eiffel Tower's famous wrought-iron design: it is sturdy but allows air to pass through, a property that would keep athletes' heads cooler than existing helmets. This structure also makes the material highly adjustable, so engineers can easily tailor it to absorb different levels and types of shock by tweaking its components."
November 27th, 2019 at 2:43 PM ^
SIAP - don't like lazy OPs that use SIAP in the title.
November 27th, 2019 at 6:11 PM ^
Pavlovs dog... probably a psychological and motor response due to pricks like you who have to constantly attack posters who are trying to contribute.
wow Michigan needs to go back to teaching basic life skills and human decency
(your resident Hopkins grad)
November 27th, 2019 at 2:43 PM ^
SIAP - Doubly don't like lazy OPs that use SIAP in the title.
November 27th, 2019 at 6:16 PM ^
Because saying it twice makes it more valid...
(inquiring Hopkins grad... truly concerned)
November 27th, 2019 at 2:53 PM ^
Personally I feel like a future helmet will need to have a structurally sound base (like this proposal) but coupled with a replaceable outer shell that is designed to crumple under extreme stress (like a car).
After too much damage the outer shell would be swapped.
I have nothing to back up my science other than firefighting experience at accident scenes. Modern crumple zones are amazing and reduce/eliminate a lot of trauma.
November 27th, 2019 at 6:42 PM ^
It’s either that or go back to rugby style play which won’t ever happen
November 27th, 2019 at 2:59 PM ^
In before the “football is perfectly safe and you can also die from walking across the street” takes.
November 27th, 2019 at 3:30 PM ^
also, it has air bags installed
November 27th, 2019 at 3:47 PM ^
Beating OSU will go a long ways toward reducing my head trauma during the game.
November 27th, 2019 at 6:05 PM ^
Awesome find... hopefully NCAA and Universities are paying attention.