Invisible bike helmet.

[rug]

[Skinner]

1. Very cool.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Now if they could only do that with a motorcycle helmet.

[rug]

3. I imagine, in principle, they could.

I bet it would also work well with people with head injuries. What a difference it would make for kids in school.

[In_The_Wind]

6. It doesn't take a hard blow to the head to leave a lifetime of woes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Interesting - like a little airbag for your head.

[Ahpook]

5. Thats really neat

I wonder what initiates deployment? If its some kind of shock sensor, mountain bikers could deploy it accidentally Repacking the bag may be a bugger unless local shops pick up on it.

Its a great idea and hope it catches on

[SunSeeker]

7. Wow. Airbags for your head. Very cool. nt

[marble falls]

8. Designing this helmet was easy. Getting GE to pay income taxes - now that's a tough problem.

[ffr]

9. Wonder how it does for rocks shot out from car tires.

Or large bugs landing in your hair or how it acts as a sun visor or how stinky it'll get after only a couple rides sweating, with body salts and oils leached into the fabric. But a clever idea nonetheless.

[Vestigial_Sister]

10. If they make one...

covered in fur, you could look like Uncle Fester.

[Cartoonist]

11. An air bag? Really?

When I rode my bike into a car (my fault) it was my face that received the damage and my forehead that suffered the cut and concussion. From the looks of this video, it would have made no difference, but a standard helmet would have protected me. As for being uncomfortable, my new helmet is so light I barely feel it, but that bulky muffler looks good only in cold climes, and as someone already mentioned, it will accumulate sweat and road dust. No thanks.

When I saw the post I immediately thought of some kind of electromagnetic force field that would envelop the head. Now THAT I would buy.

[BlueJazz]

13. It doesn't impress me at all. Just looks like a hokey, hokey idea. You fall right in the preferred

...place...it works great!
Your face hits in the front ??...Fuck you, eat gravel.

[happyslug]

15. 40% of all accidents involving the head involve the chin and jaws

Now that report was from a Motorcycle helmet use.

The big debate is does manatory helmet laws actual reduce injuries (i.e. requiring helmets, discourage biking and thus people get less exercise and thus injure themselves do to lack of execise):

http://tinyfixbikegang.com/the-bicycle-helmet-debate-now-with-science/

http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2013/11/08/why-the-bike-helmet-question-isnt-as-simple-as-we-think/

http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/the-bicycle-helmet-debate-is-over-really.html

http://www.smf.org/ssec/smfbikebroch09.pdf


Statistics from the Snell Memorial Foundation

Every year the estimated number of bicycling head injuries requiring hospitalization exceeds the total of all the head injury cases related to baseball, football, skateboards, kick scooters, horseback riding, snowboarding, ice hockey, in-line skating and lacrosse.

Estimated indirect costs for injuries to unhelmeted cyclists are $2.3 billion yearly.

In bicycle crashes, 2/3 of the dead and 1/8 of the injured suffered brain injuries.

95% of bicyclists killed in 2006 reportedly were not wearing helmets.
http://www.helmets.org/stats.htm

Helmets for Cyclists

Bicycle accidents occur two times out of three to children under 15.
They occur mostly to boys (71% of the injured; 80% if you include 15 to 25 year olds)
Accidents are associated with sports or leisure activities, close to home for the youngest group. Use of the bicycle for transportation is also responsible for a large number of accidents, and of those a large number of victims are over 65.
Falls represent 90 per cent of the causes of the accidents.
The head is hit in 38 per cent of the accidents. This figure rises to 55 per cent for infants of 1 to 5 years and 48 per cent for those of 5 to 10 years.
Contusions are the most important lesions in bicycle accidents (40 per cent of the cases). The rate of fractures is equally large among children of 10 to 15 years of age and those over 65.
The rate of hospitalization is high (18 per cent of the accidents). This figure rises to 30 per cent of the people from 45 to 64 years old and 40 per cent of those over 65.

[jessie04]

12. THATS what they should use in football helmets.

[KamaAina]

17. Yes!

Or maybe some variation of the HANS (Head And Neck Support) system NASCAR has used since Dale Earnhardt died.

[Demo_Chris]

14. Honestly I think it looks ludicrous. Can't believe someone gave them money for this. nt

[Quantess]

16. I think it looks promising. (no text)

[underpants]

18. Fanscinating - posted on FB

I used to ride my bike a lot but not so much any more.

[TeeYiYi]

19. To suggest that this might be a valid replacement for a bike helmet...

...is (to me) like suggesting that airbags in a car are sufficient protection without seatbelts.

I think they'll make money on their invention but I'm not convinced that it is a viable replacement. Addition, maybe... but not a replacement.

TYY