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India’s state-funded helmet promises ‘fresh air’ in battle on winter smog
NEW DELHI, Aug 29 (Reuters) – As India’s capital of New Delhi prepares for winter – and the accompanying season of acrid smog – the government is promoting a motorcycle helmet fitted with filters and a fan at the back that it says can remove 80% of pollutants.
State agencies have pumped thousands of dollars into Shellios Technolabs, a startup whose founder Amit Pathak began work on the helmet, which he calls the world’s first of its kind, in a basement in 2016.
That was the year of the first headlines about the filthy air that makes New Delhi nearly unbreathable from mid-December to February, as the heavy cold traps dust, vehicle emissions and smoke from burning crop waste in nearby states.
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“Inside a home or office, you could have an air purifier,” said Pathak, an electrical engineer. “But the guys on the bike, they have no protection at all.”
So his company designed a helmet with an air purification unit, fitted with a replaceable filter membrane and a fan powered by a battery that runs six hours and can be charged through a microUSB slot.
Sales of the helmet began in 2019, and tests on New Delhi’s streets by an independent laboratory confirmed it can keep more than 80% of pollutants out of users’ nostrils, Pathak added.
A 2019 test report seen by Reuters shows the helmet cut levels of lung-damaging PM 2.5 airborne particles to 8.1 micrograms per cubic metre from 43.1 micrograms outside.
An employee of Shellios Technolabs, that manufactures motorcycle helmet claimed to be fitted with filters and a fan at the back of the helmet, puts on the helmet, near their assembling factory unit in an industrial area, in New Delhi, India, August 23, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
India’s science and technology ministry says the helmet offers “a breath of fresh air for bikers”. That may not come a moment too soon in a country that was home to 35 of the world’s 50 worst polluted cities last year.
Pathak sees a big opportunity amid annual demand for 30 million helmets, but declined to reveal his production or sales figures.
Each helmet retails at 4,500 rupees ($56), or nearly four times the cost of a regular one, effectively putting the device beyond the reach of many riders in India.
Since the weight of 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) is heavier than existing devices, Shellios has tied up with a big manufacturer to develop a lighter version from a thermoplastic material rather than fibreglass, a step that will also cut the cost.
The new version is expected to come out within a few months.
Pathak said the company had also drawn interest from southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
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NASA is suspending all but the most urgent spacewalks after water was found in an astronaut’s helmet following a previous excursion.
NASA is suspending all but the most urgent spacewalks after water was found in an astronaut’s helmet following a March excursion, agency officials said on Tuesday (May 17).
NASA will perform an assessment of its extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuits after water was found in the helmet worn by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer following a March 23 spacewalk, agency officials said.
This means that astronauts will not go outside and perform extravehicular activities (EVAs) unless there is a pressing need for repairs on the International Space Station. Given that the affected EMU won’t return to Earth for analysis until July, non-urgent spacewalks will be off the table for several months at the least.
“Until we understand better what the causal factors might have been during the last EVA with our EMU, we are no-go for nominal EVA,” Dana Weigel, deputy station program manager at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, said during a press conference on Tuesday.
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This is the second time spacewalks have been suspended due to unexpected water leakage, although the last time in July 2013 was far more serious.
During that 2013 incident, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano experienced a severe water leak that ended up covering most of his face. His spacewalk with NASA’s Chris Cassidy was cut short due to the water volume Parmitano was reporting, roughly an hour after starting the work. Parmitano emerged safely from the incident and without injury, however.
NASA suspended all spacewalks back then amid an investigation, which culminated in a December 2013 report that identified multiple factors, from the spacesuit’s construction to NASA procedures, that could be amended to prevent future such issues. (For example, water had been reported before by spacewalking astronauts, and NASA determined that a halt and investigation should have happened before Parmitano’s excursion.)
The mishap report identified the immediate technical cause for the 2013 incident as “inorganic materials causing blockage of the drum holes” in an EMU water separator. This, in turn, caused water to spill into a vent loop.
NASA ultimately determined that the materials intruded “because a water filtering facility at Johnson [Space Center] had not been managed to control for silica,” NASA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) wrote in April 2017. “As a result,” the OIG continued, “silica-laden water was used in the processing of flight hardware filters that later was used in four on-orbit spacesuits.”
The agency addressed the silica situation and also created backups for astronauts in case of leaks. Starting in 2014, astronauts used a “helmet absorption pad” at the back of the helmet to absorb excess water. Additionally, a breathing tube was inserted in the helmet in case of water clinging to the face, as it tends to do in microgravity. The incident in Maurer’s spacesuit seems to be the most serious water problem faced since NASA implemented the 2014 fixes.
Maurer reported about 8 to 10 inches (20 to 25 centimeters) of water in a very thin layer, covering the helmet’s inner surface. The suit sometimes does generate a bit of water, Weigel said during the Tuesday news conference, but “this was a bit beyond what our normal experience faces. It was specifically the quantity of water that got our attention.”
The agency plans to return both the water samples and the spacesuit filters back to Earth as part of the ongoing investigation. “We’re looking for any obvious signs of contamination or fouling or something else,” Weigel said.
More helmet absorption pads flew on SpaceX’s Crew-4 mission, which arrived at the space station last month, and 16 other pads are planned to launch aboard Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) on Thursday (May 19). (OFT-2 will use a Starliner spacecraft that later will ferry people to space, but this effort has no people on board.)
“We have supplemental … very thin kind of absorptive pads that we can put on the inside of the helmet,” Weigel said. “One of them is towards the back of the crew headset, and the other one is kind of a band that goes up over the head. [It’s] kind of like in the shape of a headband, but it’s attached to the inner layer of the helmet bubble. And so that would offer some mitigation.”
Weigel emphasized that these additional pads represent a contingency plan in case the astronauts need to repair something in space before the investigation concludes. The investigation will take some time, she said; the leaky EMU is scheduled to come back to Earth in July, on a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship, for ground analysis.
“The hardware we’re sending up will offer mitigations in case we do have a contingency [spacewalk] and we need to go out the door,” she said.
Two versions of the EMU have been used in space, starting during the space shuttle program. A baseline version was used by astronauts between 1983 and 2002, while an enhanced EMU has been available since 1998. The primary manufacturers for the spacesuits were ILC Dover and Collins Aerospace.
As of the April 2017 OIG report, only 11 of the 18 manufactured EMUs were available for use on the International Space Station. (Five were destroyed during various space missions, the sixth was lost in a ground test and a seventh was a certification unit.)
In its report, the OIG said there are concerns “the inventory may not be adequate to last through the planned retirement of the ISS” in 2024, “a challenge that will escalate significantly if station operations are extended.” (NASA hopes to keep operating the station through the end of 2030, but the other ISS partners would have to agree to that plan.)
The agency, however, is working on several next-generation spacesuits these days, especially Artemis lunar spacesuits. Delays in spacesuit development were among the factors pushing back NASA’s planned first crewed moon landing of the Artemis program from 2024 to 2025.
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Panicked NASA cancels spacewalks after ISS astronaut’s helmet ‘fills with water’
NASA has put all spacewalks on hold while it resolves an alarming issue with the spacesuits on board the International Space Station.
The agency said Tuesday that helmets worn by astronauts have begun filling with water on multiple occasions in recent months.
It has put personnel in potentially life-threatening scenarios as they cling to the station’s exterior 250 miles above Earth.
According to CBS, NASA is investigating what led to excess water buildup in an astronaut’s helmet during a March excursion.
Officials told reporters that the spacesuits — “extra-vehicular mobility units,” or EMUs — remain available for emergencies.
“Until we understand better what the causal factors might have been during the last EVA with our EMU, we are no-go for nominal [extra-vehicular activity],” NASA’s Dana Weigel said.
“So we won’t do a planned EVA until we’ve had a chance to really address and rule out major system failure modes.”
A number of astronauts have faced the terrifying ordeal of a helmet filling with water over the years.
In 2013, a spacewalk had to be cut short after European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano came close to drowning.
A NASA report detailing the incident said that Parmitano was faced with “water covering his eyes, nose and ears.”
Since then, NASA has installed small sponges into its EMU helmets to absorb any excess moisture.
While the Parmitano incident has yet to be repeated, German astronaut Matthias Maurer’s helmet filled with water during a March spacewalk.
“Roughly an eight- to 10-inch diameter circle, a thin film of water on the helmet,” NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, who discovered the buildup, reported at the time.
“And there is water in his vent port at the back of his neck ring.”
Maurer’s suit will make its way back to Earth on a SpaceX cargo ship due to return in July.
Investigators will then examine the suit to determine what’s causing the issue. Until then, all future spacewalks are on hold.
Fortunately, officials “haven’t found anything unusual” so far, according to Weigel.
“We’re looking for any obvious signs of contamination or fouling or something else that might have gotten into our system.”
“We’re not seeing that yet,” she added.
This story originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced here with permission.
Browns Rookies Report: From staring at locker to how to wear a helmet – Terry Pluto
BEREA, Ohio – The Browns made some of their rookies available to the media Friday. It’s a fun day, talking to players not long after they walked into an NFL locker room for the first time.
Consider Martin Emerson, a third-round pick and the team’s highest selection last month.
“When did it hit that you are in the NFL?” I asked.
“When I saw my locker,” said the defensive back from Mississippi State. “It was in there with all those other great players.”
Emerson already had been texting with Denzel Ward, the Nordonia product who has become a Pro Bowl cornerback. Emerson played in the SEC, which is like a farm system for the NFL. He made several all-league teams in that conference during his three years in Starkville, Mississippi.
He knew he’d be drafted. But still, seeing your name and your jersey in an NFL locker … it is a dream for many of these young men, a day most will never forget.
Browns rookie Malik Smith has not worn a football helmet since the fifth grade.
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HOW DO YOU WEAR A HELMET?
The Browns brought Malik Smith in for the weekend as a tryout. He is the brother of Tyreke Smith, a star defensive end from Ohio State who was a fifth-round pick by Seattle. Both went to Cleveland Heights.
Malik Smith was a basketball player, averaging 16.5 points and 9.3 rebounds in high school. He was recruited by UNC-Asheville, where he averaged only 1.9 points as a freshman. He later transferred to Bryant and then to Fisk, where he graduated with a business degree. He only played basketball as a freshman.
What about football?
“Not since the fifth grade,” said Smith. “I haven’t worn a helmet since then. They were asking me what size I wanted for shoulder pads and helmet – I don’t know.”
There is a history of a basketball players becoming NFL tight ends. That’s the road the 6-foot-4, 267-pound Smith wants to travel. He was spotted by the Browns at the Ohio State Pro Day. Tyreke fueled the football dream for his brother and convinced the Buckeyes to have Malik be part of the group checked out by scouts.
The Browns like his raw athleticism. He looks in tremendous shape.
“Everything is new to me,” said Smith. “They gave me the playbook and it looks like a bunch of squiggly lines. I got my business degree from Fisk. My brother thinks I can do it. I have to go for it.”
Cleveland Browns RB Jerome Ford also has experience on special teams. Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
I CAN SMACK ‘EM
Jerome Ford could become more than a reserve running back. I realized that when I asked the Cincinnati product about playing special teams.
“I’ve done it,” he said. “I like it.”
Returning kicks?
“I can do that,” he said. “But I’d rather run down full speed (on kick coverage) and slam into someone standing still. You smack ‘em.”
He laughed.
I remember Kent State product Joshua Cribbs coming into the NFL with same attitude after being an undrafted free agent. Ford began his career at Alabama.
“I walked into the running back room thinking I was going to be the guy,” said Ford.
What happened?
“I looked around and realized I wasn’t going to be the guy,” he said with another laugh.
Like Ohio State, Alabama is an NFL factory. In two years, Ford carried the ball 31 times for Alabama, averaging 4.9 yards and scoring three TDs. That small sample size did show talent. Since Nick Saban became coach, Alabama is usually bubbling over with prime RB prospects.
Ford transferred to Cincinnati (which had recruited him hard in high school) and became a star for the Bearcats. As a junior, he was on the coverage teams along with emerging as a running back. In 2021, he rushed for 1,242 yards (6.2-yard average) and 19 TDs. He became a fifth-round pick by the Browns.
“I was getting a haircut (from a friend) at my house when I got the call I was drafted,” Ford said. “I’ll do anything they want. … I can catch the ball. I was a slot receiver in high school. Special teams … you name it.”
David Bell says the main job of a receiver is to catch the ball, and he did it well at Purdue.
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ANOTHER “CATCH THE BALL” KIND OF RECEIVER?
In 2016, the Browns had a media event like this for their rookies. I spent time with Rashard Higgins. He was a fifth-round pick. He was the fourth receiver drafted by the team that year.
“What kind of receiver are you?” I asked Higgins.
“I’m a Catch-The-Ball kind of receiver,” he said.
At his best, Higgins has good hands. The Browns are hoping third-rounder David Bell has the same traits – even though he doesn’t have ideal NFL speed.
“To me, catching the ball is our No. 1 job,” said Bell, who was the Big Ten Receiver of the Year at Purdue.
Bell’s stats in 2021 are overwhelming. He caught 93 passes, a 13.8-yard average. He had huge games vs. good teams: Ohio State (11 catches, 102 yards), Michigan State (11 catches, 217 yards) and Iowa (11 catches, 240 yards).
With those numbers, you’d expect him to be drafted higher.
“I don’t look at it that way,” said Bell. “God put me in the perfect situation. The Browns have a great running game, a great passing game.”
With Amari Cooper being the only established receiver on the roster, it’s a great opportunity for the 6-foot-2 receiver to play a lot right away.
Rookie Cade York said he has already made a trip to FirstEnergy Stadium to practice kicking on the lakefront.
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YES, HE DID CALL PHIL DAWSON
This was new. I’ve never seen a kicker surrounded by a mob of reporters on the first day the media was allowed to watch rookie camp. But that was the case with Cade York, the LSU kicker drafted in the fourth round.
He already has made a trip to FirstEnergy Stadium to practice kicking on the shores of Lake Erie.
“It was awesome,” York said. “Really, there was more wind when I was usually kicking at LSU.”
York knows bad weather is coming. He had a 40-minute phone conversation with Phil Dawson, the last great Browns kicker. The weather and wind was part of the discussion. Dawson told York of a flag he watched over the stadium to judge the wind currents.
Since the Browns decided not to resign Dawson after the 2012 season, they have cycled through nine kickers in nine years – including Cody Parkey twice (2016, 2020).
Dawson kicked from when the team returned in 1999 until 2012. Some fans want the Browns to hire Dawson as a kicking coach. He already has a job – head football coach at Hyde Park High School in Austin, Texas.
York is quickly learning kickers are a big deal in Cleveland. Dawson is revered. The Browns’ training complex is on Lou Groza Blvd., named after the first great Browns kicker.
Cleveland Browns WR Michael Woods Il flexes as he leaves the field after Cleveland Browns Rookie Minicamp. Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
YOU CAN DO IT, TOO
“Donovan Peoples-Jones,” said Michael Woods II. The sixth-round draft pick was talking about another sixth-round pick, a receiver just like him. Peoples-Jones (DPJ) was taken in 2020. In his final season at Michigan, DPJ caught 34 passes for a 12.9 yard average.
Woods caught 35 passes for an 11.4 yard average.
Receivers coach Chad O’Shea told Woods how DPJ “played 40 percent of the snaps as a rookie.” Actually, it was 34 percent. But the point being a sixth-round pick doesn’t prevent a rookie from being on the field.
“I’m big,” said the 6-foot-1 Woods. “I’m a 3-level receiver. I can do it short. I can do it medium. I can do it long. … I can block.”
All the rookies were excited. They have run into fans at the airport and the hotel, and they ooze the love for their men in the orange helmets. Everyone is excited right now in Berea.
“Everybody tells me the Dawg Pound is pretty crazy,” said Woods. “We’re gonna give them a reason to be crazy.”
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Star Wars: The Black Series Darth Vader Helmet and Obi-Wan Lightsaber Are Up for Preorder
It wouldn’t be May the 4th without new Star Wars gear announcements. Two of the coolest-looking items announced this year in The Black Series line are positioned to go along with the upcoming Disney+ show Obi-Wan Kenobi. They’re full-sized replicas of Darth Vader’s helmet and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s lightsaber, and they’re now available to preorder on Amazon. Both have are currently showing a projected release date of January 1, 2023.
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The items aren’t cheap, though. The Vader helmet runs $131.99, while the Kenobi lightsaber costs $278.99. However, these aren’t your typical toys. These are incredibly detailed replicas of the items from the movies.
In addition to looking exactly right on the outside, the Darth Vader helmet features highly detailed interior as well. The neck piece, mask, and hood piece all connect magnetically, so you can inspect each section. It comes with a stand to make it easy to display. It also features the character’s iconic breathing sound effects.
As for Obi-Wan Kenobi’s lightsaber, it features an incredibly detailed hilt, just like the one in the show. It has a removeable blade that contains “advanced LEDs” that allow for progressive ignition. It also has sound effects for battle clash, duels, and a battle sequence mode. It comes with a stand for display.
Both of these replicas look incredible. They’re pricy, but they’re a huge step up from your typical Star Wars toys.
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Master Chief’s helmet always had to come off in the Halo series
Since the Halo games debuted in 2001, Master Chief has always been a mostly faceless hero, hellbent on protecting humanity. He’s definitely got a personality, and we know he has a backstory, but the most important part of the character was that he was a badass who could take on an army of aliens all on his own, and that you could control every second of it.
But after a decade of false starts, Halo has finally made its way its way into live-action, and that means turning Master Chief into a real character, not just an avatar for players, at least according to the actor behind him.
[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for the first episode of Halo.]
“In a first-person shooter video game, the character is created very specifically for the purposes of the game, you’re meant to believe that you’re the Master Chief,” Pablo Schreiber tells Polygon. “But the character is never revealed in any excessive way, so that you can project your own personality onto him.”
After 20 years, this kind of facelessness became a bit of a calling card for Master Chief. To fans, Chief is more his armor and his voice than he is a face, because he never had one. The helmet stays on all the time.
This faceless challenge was one that the show needed to meet head on and early, according to Schreiber.
“It was very important early on that the helmet comes off, you see the face, and you disassociate your version of who you believe the Chief was,” Schreiber explains. “Rather than being co-creator of the experience as you go along and believing that you’re Chief, we’re now inviting you to sit back on the couch and watch Chief start to discover elements of himself.”
The show’s version of the Master Chief sticks to many of the elements from previous Halo canon. His name is John, he was taken in by the UNSC at an early age. Doctor Halsey then treated John and his fellow Spartans like military science experiments, turning the children into emotionless human weapons. But while the game’s mostly leave this lore by the wayside, the series is committed to telling John’s story, and showing audiences the person behind Chief’s famous armor.
“If you’re going to have bring an audience along with you for multiple episodes, and hopefully multiple seasons, you really need to imbue that character with empathy and understanding. And you have to identify with the character in a way that goes beyond thinking you’re him.”