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That's funny, I thought helmets went way further back in history than 1890.
A very disappointing list of "speculative" NFL technology.
Non of it is actual military tech in use, just an excuse to mention football on Popsci.
So you don't consider Kevlar and aramid fibers used in infantry helmets, body armor, and ballistic blankets hung inside troop transports as 'being '...actual military tech in use", KillerT?
Read the article again, KillerT, or are you saying that infantry helmets, body armor and ballistic blankets used to protect troops inside personnel aren't manufactured using Kevlar/aramid fibers?
@nkfro
Infantry helmets, body armor and ballistic blankets may be examples of military tech, but they are not used in football.
The article clearly says that kevlar is not used, only similar "aramid fibers,", and most of the other military tech mentioned is not used either.
The ones that are in use are everyday ubiquitous technologies that are in no way specific to or pioneered by football.
KillerT, your first statement was:
"None of it is actual military tech in use, just an excuse to mention football on Popsci."
Your reply to my comment was:
"Infantry helmets, body armor and ballistic blankets may be examples of military tech, but they are not used in football.
The article clearly says that kevlar is not used, only similar "aramid fibers,", and most of the other military tech mentioned is not used either.
The ones that are in use are everyday ubiquitous technologies that are in no way specific to or pioneered by football."
The subject of article was 'military tech' whose use that has crossed over into football equipment. The 'military tech' IS the Kevlar/aramid fibers, not the final product that were manufactured with those fibers.
Your specification that the fibers must be "...specific to or pioneered by football." is irrelevant.
'Kevlar/aramid fibers' describes a 'family' of synthetic fibers called aromatic polyamides, created, developed and patented by chemists at Dupont Corp. You don't have to take my word for it:
http://www2.dupont.com/personal-protection/en-us/dpt/kevlar.html
I cited for military use of 'Kevlar/aramid fibers' tech.
The article cited shoulder pads for an example of one use of 'military tech' currently used in the NFL and has been for approx. 10 years.