A Leicestershire-based company called Hedkayse, who initially specialised in cycling helmets, have designed a rugby headguard that, according to data ratified by Imperial College, London, reduces the force of direct head impacts by up to 85%.
A Leicestershire-based company called Hedkayse, who initially specialised in cycling helmets, have designed a rugby headguard that, according to data ratified by Imperial College, London, reduces the force of direct head impacts by up to 85%.
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Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
I immediately dislike how much digging through their site it takes to see it on a real human head, https://www.hedkayse.com/#_
Makes me suspicious that it looks super awful or that it's not a finished design.
Olap@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
No pictures?
Sounds like an actual helmet to me, which nobody should want in rugby
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, the article should've included some, but they're not hard to find on the Hedkayse website, e.g. this one:
Olap@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Dislike. But interested to see how it does get on. Scrumcap with extra padding essentially
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
But the question is, do we dislike it more than we dislike chronic traumatic encepholopathy and early onset dementia?
Olap@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I question the effectiveness first. If it does work, no one can argue