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To: LibWhacker

They should put this stuff in football helmets.


2 posted on 06/29/2018 1:28:20 PM PDT by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
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To: al_c

I was thinking a skin tight body glove that could totally negate the knockout game, but I don’t know if the people who like to play that game are into attacking orange people.


9 posted on 06/29/2018 1:35:35 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: al_c

“They should put this stuff in football helmets.”

That still won’t have any effect on reducing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) that’s caused when the brain rattles around inside the skull during tackles.


12 posted on 06/29/2018 1:40:27 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: al_c

Bicycle helmets.
Said the guy that spent twenty days hospital, both orbital sockets shattered...
And NOT a scratch on my expensive bicycle helmet.
Not even a small mark of any kind.

No cuts on my face, the helmet took most of the hit but transferred enough to majorly crack my prize Scottish gourd.


40 posted on 06/29/2018 3:20:27 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: al_c

Koroyd tube materials are better than foam or other semi-solids; as, they can be tailored to act as a resilient material below a threshold, and suffer permanent deformation to absorb impact as needed in a helmet.

The material absorbs one-third more energy in a serious impact, in combination with the ability to dissipate the energy likely to result in a concussion, from simply falling over and striking the head on concrete.

One more attribute—the materials tubes being hollow allow airflow which foam does not, providing for a cooling airflow through the material.


41 posted on 06/29/2018 3:30:01 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: al_c

That won’t stop the brain from bouncing around in the cranium


49 posted on 06/29/2018 8:08:37 PM PDT by Figment
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