Half-Fast Mike
Lanterne Rouge-et-vert
- May 22, 2007
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I found this cardboard helmet interesting (BBC Future)
"Industrial designer Anirudha Surabhi has created the new, super-strong Kranium bike helmet, which protect cyclists’ heads by mimicking features of the woodpecker’s distinctive anatomy."
[...]
"According to laboratory tests, the Kranium liner absorbs three times as much force as polystyrene helmets, and, because 90% of the liner is air, it’s also 15% lighter."
[...]
"The first helmets, he says, will be available for purchase in the UK and Japan in mid-January."
Sure enough...
http://www.diatechproducts.com/abus/kranium_ecolution.html
¥16,800
"Industrial designer Anirudha Surabhi has created the new, super-strong Kranium bike helmet, which protect cyclists’ heads by mimicking features of the woodpecker’s distinctive anatomy."
[...]
"According to laboratory tests, the Kranium liner absorbs three times as much force as polystyrene helmets, and, because 90% of the liner is air, it’s also 15% lighter."
[...]
"The first helmets, he says, will be available for purchase in the UK and Japan in mid-January."
Sure enough...
http://www.diatechproducts.com/abus/kranium_ecolution.html

¥16,800