If you can’t stand wearing a helmet when riding your
bike, the engineers behind Hövding helmets in Sweden
claim to have found the solution. After years of research
and countless amounts of simulation crash testing, the
researchers have discovered that the most aesthetically
pleasing way to protect your head might be to not have
anything on your head at all—but rather, your neck.
Okay, so maybe it doesn’t use refracted light patterns
and a complex series of mirrors to make all your bike
helmets vanish. Basically, it’s a fashionable neck brace
that blends in with your winter jacket. Just imagine
wearing a really bulky scarf, which you could probably
describe as invisible as long as you live in cooler
climates.
The helmet’s protective functions kick in only when a
moment of blunt force occurs. So let’s say you’re on
your bike and happen to get sideswiped by a passing
car. As you begin to lose stability and teeter over, the
helmet will recognize your sudden movement and eject
an airbag that instantaneously surrounds your head and
sides of your face before you make contact with the
ground.
So instead of feeling self-conscious about how you look
riding your bike with a giant helmet on your head, the
new Hövding helmet will only make you self-conscious
during and after a moment of sudden impact. You can
buy your own style of Hövding helmet over at their
website for a cool €399 (that’s about $535).




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