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NEWS ABOUT: helmets

helmets stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - Scientists are developing a bulletproof turban that would allow Britain’s Sikh police officers to handle firearms and become riot cops, the Telegraph reports. The religion requires men keep their turbans on at all times, barring them from wearing helmets required in certain high-risk scenarios. “There needs to be... More »

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United Kingdom • police • England • religion • helmets • turbans • Sikh • bulletproof • Kevlar

 Richardson Rejected Ski Helmet 

$10 helmet could have saved actress' life

Mar 21, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson turned down a $10 ski helmet that could have saved her life, workers at the Mont Tremblant ski resort tell the Sun. Employees say the actress was cheerful but a little nervous ahead of the ski lesson that led to her fatal fall. She told staff she wasn't... More »

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helmets • safety • brain injuries • skiing • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Mont Tremblant

Quebec Docs Push to Make Ski Helmets Mandatory

Minister may act after Richardson death

Mar 19, 09 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors in Quebec are pressing their case to the province's sports minister to make helmets mandatory for skiers, the Montreal Gazette reports. They met with the minister yesterday, the same day Natasha Richardson died after falling on a beginners' course there. She had no helmet. Minister Michelle Courchesne will next... More »

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helmets • safety • Quebec • skiing • actor • traumatic brain injury • Natasha Richardson

Could Helmet Have Saved Richardson?

Celeb's ski accident renews debate on safety gear

Mar 18, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson’s crippling accident while taking beginner's lessons has renewed the ski-helmet debate, the New York Times reports. Safety gear is more popular today—43% of Americans donned helmets last ski season, up from 25% 5 years prior—but still not required. Critics point out that fatalities haven’t... More »

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helmets • actor • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson

glossies

 US Army Orders 
 Mind-Reading Helmets 


Sep 15, 08 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Army has dished out $4 million for helmets that can read soldiers' minds, Time reports. The goal is to have commanders in the field think up orders that brainwave sensors pick up and distribute to troops. "It'd be radio without a microphone," says a neuroscientist in... More »

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helmets • US Army • soldier

OPINION

Bike Helmets? Up to You, Says London Mayor

Sometimes it's just too nice out to be safe, writes Boris Johnson

Jun 17, 08 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The bicycle-loving mayor of London has a clear message for riders in the capital: wear a helmet, or else don't wear one. Writing in the Telegraph, Boris Johnson admits that despite the obvious arguments about safety, it's not always easy to put on an "undignified plastic hat" in fair... More »

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helmets • safety • bicycling • bicycle • Boris Johnson

Pentagon Destroys
Surplus Goods

Surplus dealers angry at scope of gear purge

Jul 23, 07 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon is scrapping millions of dollars of gear it has traditionally resold to surplus dealers, Time reports. The army claims that sorting passels of helmets, boots, and sleeping bags is too onerous, while suppliers are concerned the move is the vestige of an effort to keep old jet parts... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • fighter jet • helmets • bureaucracy • US Army • surplus • army supplies

Kids Skate on Heelys to Emergency Room

Skater shoes set off scraped knees epidemic

Jun 7, 07 10:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new craze has kids gliding across hard surfaces on tiny skate wheels built into their sneakers—but the "heelys" are deceptively unsafe, a new study says. The report claims the skate shoes sent 1,600 youngsters to the emergency room last year. More »

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children • shoes • sneakers • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • helmets • emergency room • skating • heeling • doctor • Heelys

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