Airbag helmet, no more messy hair for girls

peet · Post by **peet** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:01 am

No more messy hair while riding a bicycle. It's a collar shaped airbag helmet, you can cover it with a shawl or so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZGTOLBvek

http://nos.nl/video/251414-zomercolumn-vei...-in-zweden.html

Death3D · Post by **Death3D** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:51 am

Very cool!

Also, that dummy needs to learn how to fall

But I get it, worst case scenario...

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:57 am

nice and futuristic, but I doubt it has things like branch detection (I'm figuring it works on sudden changes in direction of g to detonate) - if your head is the first thing to crash it doesn't really work. It also seemed to be a bit too soft - watch around 4:30 in the first video as the front crumples allowing the dummy's face to properly plant into the ground

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:24 am

madpeople wrote:QUOTE (madpeople @ Jun 28 2011, 01:57 PM) It also seemed to be a bit too soft - watch around 4:30 in the first video as the front crumples allowing the dummy's face to properly plant into the ground

This is what I thought as well. The speeds tested were also pretty low. Does it deploy in time when you're doing 30 km/h instead of 16, and will it still be stiff enough? It's cool and all, but I trust my current helmet more.

Post by **FreeBeer** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:48 pm

I think that Rolien Creton (2nd video) needs a permanently inflated one to cover her face.

ok, nasty impulse has now been satisfied, I now return you to our normal programming