vira tries one of his helmets

vira kasantikul was trained as a doctor and worked a lot on forensic analysis. too many motorcycle accidents he thought, too many poor helmets. so he went to honda and convinced them to sponsor a lab that would understand the causes of acccidents and improve helmet designs. they gave him $0.5M. in the past 4 years his team has accumulated data over 1500 accidents. each one involves collecting more than 2000 different elements of information and different teams rush to the scenes of accidents often faster than the medics. unbelievable tenacity and drive. i have read more than 10 published papers out of the dozens they have produced. every aspect is analyzed deeper than ever before. any question i could ask he had tons of detailed information and analysis on. absolutely mesmerizing experience.

and from all this, he designed the ultimate helmet. a blend of design for functionnality, confort, cost control and security. he patented what could be and is giving all of this research, and 1000 first run helmets, to the 3rd daughter of the king of thailand so she helps motivate the helmet manufacturers there are ways of provably reducing the risks of death or severe injury. this mans KNOWS how to save lives and gives it all he has got.

he just won the WIPO medal and deserves the highest respect. as far as bringing happyness to humanity, it flatly beats an infinite number of monks praying :-)