“You can keep your hat on (in the MRI). If I told you an MRI revolution was coming, you probably wouldn’t expect it to come dressed like this,” [Medical Republic]. “It may look like a bizarre bike helmet, or a piece of equipment found in Doc Brown’s lab in Back to the Future, yet this gadget made of plastic and copper wire is a technological breakthrough with the potential to revolutionize medical imaging,” [Imaging Technology News].

“Despite its playful look, the device is actually a metamaterial, packing in a ton of physics, engineering and mathematical know-how,” [Science Daily]. Medgadget praised the device as a “funky helmet enhances MRI brain scans,” noting: “What if a simple device, made from plastic and copper wire, could help with all of these issues, and look like a goofy toy for kids in the process? Look no further,” [Medgadget].

As The Optimist Daily highlights, “thanks to the playful design, the piece of headwear looks like it’s straight from a mad scientist’s laboratory, but there is a method to the madness. The uses of these magnificent metamaterials spread far and wide,” [The Optimist Daily]. What’s more, the technology is “raising the floor beyond all expectations,” [Medhealth Outlook]. “There is hope among the researchers that the technology will eventually have enough in the tank to work with low-field MRI scanners. Assuming the said goal is realized, people living in underdeveloped areas will also end up getting a fair shot at reaping its benefits,” [Medhealth Outlook].