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Next-Level Protection: Anti-Covid Helmet Uses Space Technologies to Stop Virus in its Tracks

posted by Fnord666 on Monday August 03 2020, @05:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the looking-like-a-martian dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:

Next-level protection: Anti-Covid HELMET uses space technologies to stop virus in its tracks (VIDEO):

The futuristic headgear is intended for use by people who are most vulnerable and who "really live their daily lives with a lot of risk" of getting sick, aeronautical engineer, Andres Felipe Giraldo, told RT's Ruptly video agency.

Yet, according to the helmet's co-creator, Ricardo Andres Conde, it will also fit "anyone who wants to protect him or herself" from the disease, which has already infected around 296,000 and killed over 10,000 people in Colombia.

[...] The helmet consists of a plastic structure, an electrical fitting, filters and a battery to allow for circulation of clean, uncontaminated air inside. While it may look big and bulky, it weighs just 650 grams (22.9 oz) and allows the user to talk on the phone without any complications as the video proves.

I especially liked the part in the video where they are wearing masks while assembling the helmets. Unfortunately the masks have exhaust valves...

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by SpockLogic on Monday August 03 2020, @01:09PM (2 children)

    by SpockLogic (2762) on Monday August 03 2020, @01:09PM (#1030700)

    "Ruptly GmbH is an international video news agency specializing in video on demand, based in Berlin, Germany. It is a division of the RT (formerly Russia Today) news network. Ruptly says that it is editorially and commercially independent, but its sole shareholder is ANO "TV-Novosti", a Russian government-funded non-profit organisation which also controls RT

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2020, @02:06PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2020, @02:06PM (#1030730)

    I'd also note that exactly *zero* other news outlets have picked up this story, at least based on a cursory web search.

    Which makes it obvious that those news agencies hate America and Americans and want to kill us all. Otherwise, this would be on the fron page (web or print) of every single American news outlet. But no, they hate us and want us to die.

    The only folks who care about America, Americans and our democracy are the wonderful Russians. Hooray for Russia's free press! Hooray for Vladimir Putin! He will save our wonderful America!

    USA! USA! USA!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2020, @05:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2020, @05:42PM (#1030803)

      Yes! The bear cavalry will save us from COVID, homosexuality, and women who think their husbands shouldn't beat them!