The folks over at MIT have put together a study entitled, "On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study":
We evaluated the performance of three different helmet designs, commonly referred to as the Classical, the Fez, and the Centurion. These designs are portrayed in Figure 1. The helmets were made of Reynolds aluminium foil. As per best practices, all three designs were constructed with the double layering technique described elsewhere [2].
It's hilarious. Of course, this research and the efficacy of the MIT methodology has been counter-argued here by other scholarship.
Thanks to Diana for passing this thread along.
Posted by Ed at November 11, 2005 05:49 PM