New Helmet Designed To Reduce Neck Injury.
Technology Review (1/6, Gravitz) reports, Researchers at the University of British Columbia are developing a helmet "that could protect the spine during a head-on collision." The helmet utilizes "an outer shell that looks like most helmets on the market today, a rotating inner shell that hugs the head, and a mechanism that connects the two." The design is meant "to convert the impact against a flat object into an impact against an angled object," project leader Peter Cripton said, thereby protecting both the brain and the neck. While "revamping helmets is a tricky business," during "simulation testing, 3-D prototypes of the helmets reduced force to the neck by about 50 percent."
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