[Land-speed] Hovding inflatable bicycle helmet

[Benn]

Didn't have patience to watch the whole thing, but the only test I saw was
an impact of a car going 12mph!  How about a more typical 35-55mph impact
for a bicyclist?
Benn
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Subject: [Land-speed] Hovding inflatable bicycle helmet

Anybody here know if any of our suppliers of safety gear for LSR are doing
anything with airbag technology?
I think the Hovding design would need a whole lot of engineering work to
make devices suitable for LSR applications, car or bike.
I just discovered it in of all places the March, 2014, Atlantic magazine pg
30.
Could be useful in low speed off-road rollover situations to supplement
belts.
Any kind of speed in a fast moving open vehicle or bike would probably blow
the bicycle product out of useful position.
Links on the Hovding "helmet":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6vding
http://www.hovding.se/en/
http://www.hovding.se/en/how_it_works/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/hvding-video-see-incredible-revoluti
o
nary-2793952
Ed Weldon
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