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Swedes Develop Invisible Bike Helmet
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It's not about preventing hits to the head, it's about reducing their damage.
What you need to do is reduce the force (i.e. deceleration) of your skull, the best way to do it is by cushioning, I have no idea how exactly it can work (or if it even can) but I do know that we're using very old technology to try to protect players.
The whole thing about the rooster, male executives, etc - if people keep pointing out that women inventing things is exceptional, it will never be seen as normal. Smart people are smart - it doesn't matter what their gender.
It was a poorly worded reaction on my part, I will say that.
Barkley's Justice
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That ending and video was on some bullshit.
Necromanti
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It should be clear even with those subtitles, but the literal translation would be:
There was once a man we met that really wanted to tell us a story about how women can't be bosses: "Place a rooster in a hen house, and there will be order."
(In other words, only a man can assume a leadership role.)
It's a response to people saying they can't possibly concoct something as technically engineered as that because they are women. As they said, people telling them they can't do it provoked them into showing them that the opposite was true. That was a part of it.
Anyway, there has been a thead on this video in the past. I'm not sure how long ago it was, though, but it must have been last year.
Intheflorsh
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I've heard somewhere that drivers will drive more recklessly around bikers with helmets. Maybe this is the best of both worlds.
Angelus Errare
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I have to say it wasn't until I got to America that I started hearing people say "chinks" instead of "kinks". Even with the phrase "kinks in the armor" only in the US have I heard it as "chinks in the armor."
Dude calls himself EuropeOG and his profile says he lives in London. lol
That's interesting.
In America, the normal phrases I've always heard/used are "chink in the armor" and "work out the kinks". Never heard them switched up, though they can have a similar meaning so I'm not surprised.
Sho_Nuff82
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Intheflorsh
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Here's a much more elegant solution:
Bike helmets disguised as hats. 5000 dollar NASA certified inflato-bag not required.
Bike helmets disguised as hats. 5000 dollar NASA certified inflato-bag not required.
Here in the UK I've always heard it as a chink in the armor. Never heard it used in a derogatory manner.
Pretty sure Clarkson tested this on Top Gear a few years back, interesting concept for sure.
Technically helmets are armor, so not even the wrong word.
Apparently been in use since the 1400s and in common use since the 1600s. So it predates the US by some time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chink_in_one's_armor
Leave it to racists to take a perfectly good word and turn it into a slur.
Napoleonthechimp
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13 seconds into the video: "We're going to be saving the world."
The hype train is for others, not you.
The hype train is for others, not you.
Bike helmets are for the weak. It always cracks me up seeing tourists wearing bike helmets when they visit the Netherlands.
Exactly!
speculawyer
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You'd look like much less of a douchebag with a helmet.
IdreamofHIME
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chink1
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1. a small narrow opening, such as a fissure or crack
chink in one's armour a small but fatal weakness
Nope, right word.
We don't say Kink here in Scotland.
akachan ningen
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The FAQ on their page says it's single use but that they might pay you to give them the black box and a new unit could be covered by insurance.
Always-honest
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Bike...helmet?
Dutch here. I know that race-cyclists wear them, and little kids, but regular bikers?
Dutch here. I know that race-cyclists wear them, and little kids, but regular bikers?
Dark Octave
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It's an air bag for your head?
Only dummies DON'T wear helmets. It's your own safety in question, after all, so not protecting it is the way more idiotic thing to do.
Holy shit is it even possible to have MORE hipster in an image than this?
Here's a much more elegant solution:
Bike helmets disguised as hats. 5000 dollar NASA certified inflato-bag not required.
I would rather have a big collar around my neck than those silly looking over sized hat helmets.
Kiraly
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_helmet_laws_by_country
Denmark and the Netherlands have a strong cycling culture and have amongst the lowest levels of helmet use.
:lol at some of the rules other countries have set:
Hungary - Wearing a helmet increases the speed limit for bicycles outside populated areas from 40 km/h to 50 km/h.
Spain - Required on interurban routes except when going uphill or in very hot weather, or for professional cyclists.
Always-honest
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Bicycles are vehicles. I'm not allowed, as much a car isn't allowed, to go over 30 kmh in a 30 zone.
Bikes have bike lanes and their own traffic laws and rules - that sometimes are the same as the 'general traffic laws'.
olore
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I met one of the inventors at Eurobike. Easily the prettiest girl with the whitest teeth at the entire fair. The crass, body painted topless women at the german manufacturers booth doesn`t count. That they call it a airbag for the head rather than a helmet is calculated choice they`ve made. We have a Hövding at our magazine for testing. So far noone has decided to try it.
It's probably using some sort of accelerometer to detect when it should inflate, so it won't inflate before you punch them. If you're pretty good and you just drop them it'll inflate before they hit the ground though.
Here's a much more elegant solution:
Bike helmets disguised as hats. 5000 dollar NASA certified inflato-bag not required.
Does it come as Fedora?
Escape Goat
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Its cute when Swedes invent stuff.
Sleeplessnights
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Hear hear! Never wore a helmet while riding my bike ever. Unnecessary.
I saw it on TV too, and IIRC it wasn't reusable.
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Thing about a bike helmet is that you never know when you're going to need it or exactly what sort of protection you're going to require of it.
With this device, you have to hope that it's going to work exactly when you need it. So you have to worry about the device: is the battery fresh/charged (assuming it needs one)? Are the sensors functional? Can you test it, or is it single-use like automotive airbags? Is the opening for the bag unobstructed? Will it work if the rider has long hair, or decides to wear a hat? Is the collar comfortable, especially in hot weather, and can it shift out of position & risk improper deployment?
And then there's protection in various accidents. The deployed bag looks like it should protect against impacts with blunt objects -- road, car hoods, walls, etc. what about sharp objects? What about crushing forces? It's also not going to protect riders from hitting low-hanging things like signs or branches, whereas a hard helmet might.
For me there's just too much uncertainty. You're trading a bit of "freedom" for head protection that only works when/if the device decides it's needed.
Plus, good helmets aren't even that expensive. I'd just wear a helmet.
With this device, you have to hope that it's going to work exactly when you need it. So you have to worry about the device: is the battery fresh/charged (assuming it needs one)? Are the sensors functional? Can you test it, or is it single-use like automotive airbags? Is the opening for the bag unobstructed? Will it work if the rider has long hair, or decides to wear a hat? Is the collar comfortable, especially in hot weather, and can it shift out of position & risk improper deployment?
And then there's protection in various accidents. The deployed bag looks like it should protect against impacts with blunt objects -- road, car hoods, walls, etc. what about sharp objects? What about crushing forces? It's also not going to protect riders from hitting low-hanging things like signs or branches, whereas a hard helmet might.
For me there's just too much uncertainty. You're trading a bit of "freedom" for head protection that only works when/if the device decides it's needed.
Plus, good helmets aren't even that expensive. I'd just wear a helmet.
Messypandas
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does it work like this thing?
Sorcerer
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Don't really understand the invisible part.
You trade wearing something on your head for something you wear around your collar, and its not really discreet.
600 dollars for one time use. I would always be wondering if I am really protected, is it going to activate when I need it.
The video lost me when the girls mentioned that they were told they were going to be millionaires.
It sort of makes it seem that their motivations were more for money than humanity.
Should have kept that to themselves.
You trade wearing something on your head for something you wear around your collar, and its not really discreet.
600 dollars for one time use. I would always be wondering if I am really protected, is it going to activate when I need it.
The video lost me when the girls mentioned that they were told they were going to be millionaires.
It sort of makes it seem that their motivations were more for money than humanity.
Should have kept that to themselves.
You're supposed to replacement any helmet after any real crash.
Katzenjammer
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I don't really think that this is for you then, but rather for the people who scoff at the notion of wearing something that for them looks silly. Just look above in this thread to see what I mean. Bike helmets are not something new, yet the adoption is very low in some areas so something like this "invisible helmet" is really a step in the right direction and can only get better with development.
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