Skip to 2:45 to see the future of bike helmets in action.
Could this possibly work? A bike helmet that inflates on impact similar to the air bag system in your car. This outlandish idea is currently being developed by two young design students Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin.
Looks like a less than ideal setup to me, but the idea of being able to ride safely through the city streets with no hard top helmet does sound pretty rad. What do you say? Cheap ploy or the future of biking?
Or just wear a regular helmet. It’s your fucking brains we’re talking about.
Overly tech-enabled products are not revolutionary. They are just unnecessary.
i know, right?
The only reason that I could come up with to not wear a helmet would be because you were too uptight worrying you may look like a douchbag, if that were the case, that collar would make you look even more like a douchbag…
Agree with the previous two comments completely….
However – it is very cool to see ingenuity and technology at work in the areas in which we recreate. I think it is an interesting concept, that if applied correctly – could prove beneficial as some type of stand alone device – or a supplement to current helmet designs. Modern helmets are not a fool proof solution – so it would be interesting to see some type of combination come out of their research.
My $.02
I can’t believe these girls got some fools to loan them 10 million because they didn’t want to mess up their hair.
I guess its good for girls and girly men who are worried about messing up their hair
Sooo. It’s not actually invisible?
Wow that’s fucking stupid. And it’s not invisible! It’s a huge ass scarf you have to wear around your neck. Plus what happens once you use it once, do you have to buy another?
As far as single use helmets go… they all are. Once you have an impact in any helmet, you’re suppose to buy another.
Anyone who wears this deserves to be instantly punched in the neck.
Good luck buddy. I got my invisible neck brace on already.
2:08 was way crazier than the helmet idea
Ya, that looks like a waste of time. Although I grew up a couple seasons ago and shred with a helmet now.
what if something like a rock fell onto your head from above?
also why not just make a full helmet out of a see-through material like bulletproof glass or a clear hard plastic?
Why even wear a helmet. Its not like your going to fall on those townie bikes anyway. I ride mostly backroads on a roadbike and I never wear a helmet they give me a rash and make it all hot and shit.
If the point was that a bike helmet is uncomfortable this looks like an incredible fail to me. I would much rather wear my helmet than have that huge bulky thing around my neck (you’ll just be sweating in a different spot). To each their own though, some people would probably prefer a neck cover over a head cover….though helmets are super light these days, and full of venting, so the sweating too much problem to me sounds like you’re just wearing a cheap-o helmet…time to upgrade to a lighter more vented model.
They need to market it to rollerbladers.
Fecking stupid, int any person in ireland gonna wear that bulky mess round t’er Becker I can tell ye, even our ma’s would take the michael outta that :’)
Fecking stupid, int any person in ireland gonna wear that bulky mess round t’er necker I can tell ye, even our ma’s would take the michael outta that :’)
I would be temped to make it deploy on someone wearing it. Push ‘em over if standing or run into them with my bike. Just to see it work.
It’s potential for skiing is astounding!
1) it’s a scarf, keeps your face warm
2) it’s a helmet, so you don’t get brain trauma-ed
3) it’s an airbag! Keeps you on top in an avalanche!
this thing plus a Beacon and you are invincible!
except it’s going to go off when you bend over because you dropped your pole.
What if the battery runs out? can it Really take a real impact? what if i crash into a pole? How is head movement with that “neck brace” on. Why is that video so long for 2 shots of the product? And why didnt the rear wheel taco on impact when the car hit it? must have been like 8 mph. How many people will try to attach a Gopro to this? Haha. dummies aren’t good for testing bike accidents. Real helmet from walmart protects better I’m sure.
Put my cool Giro on. Snap buckle and away i go. No lets design something 100 times more complicated. Not a better mouse trap.
they should make one for dicks that instantly inflates if yer wasted. no more “do you have a condom on?” b.s.