MOTORCYCLE HELMETS

Evolution & Innovation

1st helmet used during warfare

The style of helmet displayed varies according to rank and social status, and these styles developed over time, in step with the development of actual military helmets

WHEN COLONEL T.E. LAWRENCE (Lawrence of Arabia) was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident in May 1935, one of the several doctors attending him was a young neurosurgeon, Hugh Cairns. He was moved by the tragedy in a way that was to have far-reaching consequences.

At the beginning of the Second World War, he highlighted the unnecessary loss of life among army motorcycle dispatch riders as a result of head injuries. His research concluded that the adoption of crash helmets as standard by both military and civilian motorcyclists would result in considerable saving of life.

1953
Charles F Lombard makes the first motorbike helmet

Early Materials
o made from different materials such as leather or pith, which is a spongy material derived from plants
o not very effective in protecting the head, but did help protect from debris or "road rash o Professor Lombard's improved helmet originally consisted of an inner layer of comfortable material underneath an outer layer of material that absorbed and spread out the energy produced in an impact

Advancements
o Early helmets were largely ineffective, but improvements to the design were made in the ensuing decades
o Some of the advances in helmet technology began with the shape of the helmet and in securing the helmet to the head o Newer, lightweight materials used included plastics and more layering inside the helmet o Computers and crash tests have also been implemented to check a helmet's safety effectiveness

Modern Helmets
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o consistedlightweightinner layer of comfortable Newer, of an materials used included plastics underneath an outer layer of helmet. material and more layering inside the material Computers and crash tests have also been that absorbed and spread out the energy implemented to check a helmet's safety produced in an impact In, 1996, Pinlock Fog Free Systems effectiveness developed the initial anti-fog
helmets

Possible Ideas
o Air Purifier/Oxygen Supply Helmets
o SOS Facility/GPS Signaling during Accidents o Night Vision/Zoom Ability o Flexible Helmets o Neck Support

Visor which has power for a bespectacled rider

Auto Power Helmet (Radical Innovation) Utility For all those people wearing spectacles Lenses get spoiled by dust If there is collision there are chances of spectacles breaking and damaging the eye Can be used among people with different eye powers

75 Million Units
Global Motor Bike market by 2015

India China Russia United States Latin America

Projected to account for 70% of motorbike sales across the world

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