We use helmets to protect us from impacts while skiing or objects falling from above—like ice, snow, and rocks. Anybody ascending the Fuhrer Finger when the kiss of sun hits the upper reaches knows what we are talking about—the whistle of ice whizzing by is unnerving. Testing for impacts in a lab setting is the…
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