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Re:Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award by vinay427 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:26AM (#12978222)
> If folded paper could absorb impact, that's what a real helmet would have in it.

That's analogous to saying that if the polio vaccine could vaccinate users from polio, that's what would have been administered already. The whole point of this is that it's a potentially new innovation, which implies it is something the helmet industry hasn't yet developed.

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Re:Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award by JoeAltmaier on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:51AM (#12978483)
Only if you can possibly imagine that it never occurred to bike-helmet engineers to try folded paper.
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Re:Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award by ascorbic on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:00AM (#12978559)
It's possible for folded paper to be effective, but not an optimal solution for normal hard shell helmets where the ability to fold flat is not a consideration. Just because EPS works best in that situation doesn't mean it's the only solution.
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