High-tech helmets created to protect against COVID-19

BioVYZR helmets

For the past two months, Canadian inventor Ezin Al-Qaisi has been appearing in public in a huge

black helmet.It completely covers the head and upper torso. This design has a special visor that goes down to the chest. On the back panel there is a battery-powered fan and a respirator system with a filter that cleans the intake air and pushes stale air out.

Al Qaisi is one of many designers and entrepreneurs who have released special helmets for people with additional protection against the coronavirus.

The new invention is called BioVYZR, and the battery lasts for 12 hours. Al Qaysi says his business, VZYR Technologies, is now on the rise and sales are growing.

VZYR TECHNOLOGIES

Helmets NE-1

U.S. Navy veteran Chris Elinger is another creator of safety helmets.

“These helmets prepare us psychologically for the fate of our species,” says the 35-year-old.

His company Valhalla Medical Design,based in Austin, Texas, has released a product called the NE-1, which looks like a motorcycle helmet. In addition to the motorized air filtration system, the design includes internal and external microphones and speakers to make it easier for the user to communicate with others.

VALHALLA MEDICAL DESIGN

Air Helmets

Michael Hall, whose firm sells helmets under the name Air, believes such helmets will be popular in the long term with people concerned about poor air quality.

His Utah-based company, Hall Labs, has already sold 3,000 helmets. Now developers are creating more high-tech versions, where the visor turns into a screen on which the user can watch the video.

HALL LABS

These three helmets range from 149 to 379dollars (from 11 to 30 thousand rubles), but none of them has yet passed medical certification. But all three firms say they are nearing the final stage of this process.

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