Now, because I've got a project called #TEOSS [gd0037] that will see me walking at elevated speeds, Moonwalkers inventor (a walk assist solution like TEOSS that's currently on Kickstarter) started to mine for a solution after almost colliding with a car on is scooter, and because this is a helmet which would be hard to transport in #TetInventory [gd0039], I'd very much like to know about and integrate safety features into TyMist. Just because certification is unlikely doesn't mean I shouldn't try and make projects safer.
Initial expectations:
- High visibility
- Helmet needs to be secured by an under-chin strap when in transit to prevent it from falling off
- Shocks need to be safely absorbed.
- Helmet needs to be able to slide.
Initial mental simulation findings:
- High helmet diameter may result in higher moment forces on neck.
- A front crash may slide the visor out, causing it to only be supported on one side.
- The discontinuous edge between the cylinder and flat top face may be caught on rough terrain instead of allowing the helmet to slide across.
- The floor or collision object will initially be an impact, but it is most likely that I'd have enough momentum to slide across the floor afterwards.
Search map:
- Google: 3D printed helmet
- https://all3dp.com/2/incredible-prints-can-you-3d-print-a-bicycle-helmet/
- https://www.bicycleroots.com/blog/mips-helmet-technology-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-it/
- Seems I'm thinking along the right lines with the 3 mentioned bullet points of CPSC.
- Mental simulation result from implementing the understanding of MIPS:
- "Wow. It works."
- Expected moments on the head and neck have noticably decreased.
- The fact that TyMist is a cylinder may already help in this regard.
- A filleted chamfer on the top edge is expected to increase helmets ability to slide across the floor substantially.
- The MIPS system may also reduce the forces felt on the head when rotating during normal virtual monitor use, and could even be a mechanical way of keeping the monitor view looking semi-stationary when turning to the next virtual monitor.
- https://www.kupol.ca
- This is from the same person that makes long and sharp FFF nozzles for non-planar printing: https://www.nonplanar.xyz
- https://www.designboom.com/design/smart-bike-helmet-3d-printed-nylon-shell-high-tech-nfrontier-08-14-2022/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdiegagK0ek
- https://nexa3d.com/3d-printers/nxe-200pro/
- Sounds like they get speed gains from a flexible vat. Perhaps the #SecSavr Suspense [gd0105] could be faster than expected.
- https://nexa3d.com/3d-printers/nxe-200pro/
- Simulation warning: Impact with nose on combiner
- This combiner was already throwing a solution warning because of the fact that it's dark all the time.
- In an infinite possibilities world, the combiner would actually be a probably-non-existant pane that can be PWM driven between very reflective and very transparent, or some other way to electrically obtain different reflectance values.
- Me, approx 180 seconds in the future: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/sc/c4sc01912a looks to be the kind of thing I want.
- Me, approx 8 minutes in the future: [spits cereal]
- Source: kentoptronics.com
- The future is wow thanks to science! Liquid crystals can do so many things apparently.
- In an infinite possibilities world, the combiner would actually be a probably-non-existant pane that can be PWM driven between very reflective and very transparent, or some other way to electrically obtain different reflectance values.
- I'm going to need to figure out how to move the combiner out of the way when not in use.
- I might need to obtain a different solution if I ever install a PC into TyMist, but currently, there'd be nothing to see without #Teti [gd0022].
- Perhaps the simplest approach will be to remove it from TyMist and hold the combiner inside a bag.
- This combiner was already throwing a solution warning because of the fact that it's dark all the time.
- https://all3dp.com/2/incredible-prints-can-you-3d-print-a-bicycle-helmet/
- Google: bike helmet design guidelines
- https://helmets.org/idealstd.htm
- This sounds like a good set of standards
- https://helmets.org/idealstd.htm
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