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This Motorcycle Helmet Puts Your Brain on Ice

Posted December 17, 2009 12:01 AM by CarDomain

Last year, I saw the first clip of Dainiese's air-bag equipped motorcycle jacket in action, and I thought it was amazing. Sure, it probably costs a lot to repack, but that's probably not what you're going to be thinking about when you're sliding along the pavement.

And while it looks great for protecting riders from broken bones and such, ThermaHelm's helmet takes things one step further. In the event you crack your noggin during a fall, this helmet activates an internal dry-ice system to help stem any brain swelling. And even though I think the best the dude in this illustration can hope for is instant death, I think this concept is pretty cool, no pun intended. How about you?

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12/17/2009 11:47 AM

Any chance of the coolant envelope rupturing an contaminating the injury. Because it extended the shelf life.

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12/17/2009 10:44 PM

We should ban all helmet laws. We need more young organ donors.

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12/18/2009 7:02 AM

You must be considering a brain transplant, correct? LIVE TO RIDE - RIDE TO LIVE!

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12/18/2009 8:27 AM

Actually, what I would like to see is no helmet law, but a proviso that if any rider is killed when not wearing a helmet, then the rider becomes an automatic organ donor. I figure that would clean up the gene pool by ridding us of idiots, and simultaneously provide a vast number of young, otherwise healthy organs.

And, yes, I am a rider--and, yes, I wear a helmet. Don't want no doctor "harvesting" my organs (that's when they decide that you probably aren't going to make it and they better get in there and grab organs while you are still hanging on).

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12/18/2009 11:01 AM

LIVE TO RIDE - RIDE TO LIVE!

are you trying to prove something or is that just a statement?

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