What is a helmet? Helmets are used for a various number of thrill seeking activities as they protect your head from hard falls. For bikers, motorcyclists, sports, etc. Helmets are very important because they help prevent or even minimize head injuries. For these people injuries could be fatal or cause serious head trauma if they don't wear a helmet. Riders with helmets are less likely to be seriously hurt from their injuries and to break facial bones, than those not wearing a helmet. Helmets are typically designed to provide these cyclists, motorcyclists, and other thrill seeking sports where helmets are used safe by using a hard layer of foam that makes sure your head doesn't hit the ground on impact. This being said it is still very possible to get a concussion while wearing a helmet but you won't crack your head open as you might otherwise have without the helmet. When you crash and hit a hard surface, the foam part of a helmet crushes, controlling the crash energy and extending your head's stopping time to reduce the peak impact to the brain. Without a helmet this could be life changing but with a helmet, it might be able to only hold you to a concussion. Hard hits to the head can cause concussions with various ranges with a helmet but without a helmet these same hits to the head could cause incurable injuries or even worse be fatal. The main purpose of a helmet is to protect your head from serious head injuries and my design does that job.
My helmet design: In my helmet that I designed I was able to design a helmet that could be used for various activities. Its main purpose is to serve as a mountain biking helmet or motorbike helmet as it is light but has a lot of cushion for a hard fall. My helmet design includes many of the same components as the helmets used in professional Motorsports. These helmets are made extremely light for the riders so they are optimal to where while undergoing the harsh conditions that riding motorcycles and bikes come with. Overall if I were to complete this design I would want to get it approved by the professional Motorsports so they could benefit from using the new technology that comes in my helmet.