LSU introduces air-conditioned helmets

Does the NFL use these?

 

I think the article is probably a bit misleading. It seems to be forced airflow and any cooling is natural evaporative cooling or maybe in conjuction with cold packs. In other words, they're mini fans and ducts.

I am sure it would probably feel cooler in the helmet on a hot day, but I don't think it is revolutionary.

 

Sounds like a system easily damaged by, say, violent contact in a violent contact sport.

 

Had to check the date to make sure it’s not the first of April.

 

I see what you did there

 

Well, these helmets would need to have 'quiet' fans who don't make a lot of noise at games. You know, the kind that ask the 'louder' fans to please sit down and don't make so much noise themselves. Maybe we have all encountered these types of fans when we attended games from time to time.

 

What are fans?
Says the Miami supporter…

 

That was pretty clever. No, this is not a sympathy vote.

 

Patience. I had already viewed a similar article elsewhere.

 

We should have a special throwback helmet with jalousies on the sides.

 

I've always assumed one day we'd have cooling systems for helmets and uniforms.

 

Hope not. With that would go some of our home field advantage

 

Need helmets to screen out all the pollutants in the air from refineries as well.

 

Cue the Jetpacks, they’re next!

 

Construction workers on site at one of our projects had this kind of forced air cooling on their hard hats. Taking a look at them they are miniature swamp coolers.

 

A first look at the prototype.