vira tries one of his helmets
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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 :-)
Comments
i love it
Posted 26 months ago.
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great!
Posted 26 months ago.
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Motard!? me ?? no..no..no..no...
Posted 26 months ago.
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lovely portrait!
Posted 26 months ago.
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Unusual Smile - sure a "Funny
Scientist"...
Posted 26 months ago.
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Superb portrait and a description that holds
you all the way. This guy is awesome. :-)
Posted 26 months ago.
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great portrait...!!!!
Posted 26 months ago.
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That's a great portrait!
Posted 26 months ago.
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Great item.We just visited Vietnam and
noticed thet they only wear helmets on the
highway.But intown not,and we talked about
the fact that a lot of accidents happen there
too!
Posted 26 months ago.
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Oh WOW!! What an awesome story and portrait!!
I could give him a big smooch for that ;)
Thanks for this...it made me smile big!!
Posted 26 months ago.
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Great story. How interesting you found him.
Did you plan to meet him or was it one of
those lucky travel experiences?
Posted 26 months ago.
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Very nice portrait ! Nice story, too.
Posted 26 months ago.
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that is a wonderful portrait--the
green/orange, the bg, the light--everything.
you have captured his spirit with this one.
bien fait!
Posted 26 months ago.
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Aw comeon Phitar...it was so interesting till
you had to put in the last line..t
I do like the shot!
Posted 26 months ago.
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did it really make it less interesting ?
i know i am bad... sorry.
Posted 26 months ago.
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What a cool portrait and AWESOME story
Philippe!
Haha.. also laughing at the last two
comments. =D
Posted 26 months ago.
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Well done Vira Kasantikul! Humanity needs
more initiatives like yours.
Well done Philippe, for another great shot
and story.
Gregory - The Hummingbird Project (Projeto Beija-Flor)
Posted 26 months ago.
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what an awesome picture and story.
thank you so much for sharing
Posted 25 months ago.
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thanks for sharing.....priceless portrait.
Posted 25 months ago.
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it's great, perfect expression!!!
Posted 6 months ago.
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