Bulletproof baseball hat from BulletSafe

[HoughMade]

Thoughts?

[video=youtube;XDLWDGFpifc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDLWDGFpifc[/video]

[video=youtube;IdR0RmpDbpc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdR0RmpDbpc[/video]

 

[Cameramonkey]

My first thought was "what happens to all that energy? Sure, it stops the round, but how much energy is transferred to the skull. I can see it now: " Good news, bad news Mrs. Monkey. The bullet was stopped by Mr. Monkey's hat. The bad news is the energy transfer drove a piece of his skull into his brain."

No thanks!

 

[bartonmd]

My first thought was "what happens to all that energy? Sure, it stops the round, but how much energy is transferred to the skull. I can see it now: " Good news, bad news Mrs. Monkey. The bullet was stopped by Mr. Monkey's hat. The bad news is the energy transfer drove a piece of his skull into his brain."

No thanks!

Pretty much... It's one thing when there's a bunch of soft tissue to deform and transfer energy, but unless the had is hard like a helmet (which I'm sure it wouldn't be), I suspect it would catch the bullet, but the part of the hat that catches the bullet would probably be protruding into your skull.

Mike

 

[bradmedic04]

Paraphrasing 50 cent:

Even my hat is bulletproof. Doctor said I might get a concussion, but that's better than a hole in the head.

 

[HoughMade]

My "good news/bad news" thought was:

Good news....he's not dead.

Bad news...have you heard of Terry Schiavo?

Speaking of energy transfer, I immediately thought of this (if you haven't seen this video, it's really, really interesting):

[video=youtube;MJ910R0SIsw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ910R0SIsw[/video]

 

[bradmedic04]

Terri Schiavo's Blog

 

[nakinate]

I read the thread title as "baseball bat" and was wondering what the point would be. If they made this and were able to secure licensing (NBA, NFL, mlb) it may be something I'd use. I'm not wearing a plain black hat.

 

[bartonmd]

Truthfully, I had't watched the video when I responded, above, thinking it was for the bullet-proof hat that was like a bullet-proof shirt project that somebody was working on, which was thin, soft protection.

Looking at the videos, it actually is just a section of a military helmet, only right in the front. That's part of your head that, as long as it's spread out over a hard plate of some kind, can actually take the energy of a bullet impacting it. Yeah, you'll have a concussion, and maybe a neck issue, but not a bullet in the brain. Not sure what the odds are of getting hit exactly right there in the head, but it's got to be better than nothing, for cops and security or whoever.

Mike

 

[HoughMade]

Terri Schiavo's Blog

Gold:

[h=3]Update from heaven[/h]›
This place is awesome. Why didn't you guys let me come here 15 years ago?

 

[HoughMade]

Terri Schiavo's Blog

Oh, and by the way:

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to bradmedic04 again.

 

[bradmedic04]

I should be repping you. I thought I'd never get to reference that blog again. Today is a success.

 

[1775usmarine]

I'd rather die than be brain damaged......oh wait too late for that I'm married.

 

[bradmedic04]

I'd rather die than be brain damaged......oh wait too late for that I'm married.

 

[GunSlinger]

This is a Kickstarter project? I'd rather invest in Enron.