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New headguard brings hope of gamechanging safety breakthrough (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by frankPodmore to c/rugby@sh.itjust.works

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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 points 11 months ago

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.