Would Your Helmet Actually Protect You? VA Tech’s ‘Helmet Lab’ Is Testing Every Sport

VA Tech Helmet Lab staff testing a hockey helmet – credit, VA Tech Helmet Lab In 2011, Steve Rowson and his fellow engineering students at Virginia Tech were asked by the Hokies equipment manager if they could test commercially-available football helmets to see which was the safest. Obliging the man, they ran a series of … Read more

Airbnb Lets You Open Bedroom Door to Welcome in a Miniature Horse (LOOK)

SWNS A unique Airbnb in England offers the chance to spend the night in a decorated barn containing a friendly miniature horse. Brittany Sparham began renting out part of her barn in a rural village outside Nottinghamshire during the pandemic in response to the rising popularity of ‘staycations’. Since the rustic apartment would share its … Read more