"Invisible" bike "helmet"

[One Brow]

So it is one use only? Or it does it deflate when it's done its job?

All bike helmets are one-use only, in the sense that if you've been in an accident, you're supposed to discard the helmet.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

If only they made a condom like this that gets triggered when you need it.

That moment of inflation would give women a serious surprise!

 

[colton]

Cool idea. However, it seems like the helmet requires a fairly big impact to trigger (such as being hit by a car) and thus wouldn't protect you against (for example) hitting a patch of ice and going down. Or hitting a seam in the concrete (my last accident). I've had several (5?) bike accidents over the past 20-25 years, but none of them involved being hit by a car. So I'm wondering if this would lull riders into a false sense of security, thinking they are being protected when really they're not.

 

[LogGrad98]

If only they made a condom like this that gets triggered when you need it.

Its called a vasectomy. And/or abstinence.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Cool idea. However, it seems like the helmet requires a fairly big impact to trigger (such as being hit by a car) and thus wouldn't protect you against (for example) hitting a patch of ice and going down. Or hitting a seam in the concrete (my last accident). I've had several (5?) bike accidents over the past 20-25 years, but none of them involved being hit by a car. So I'm wondering if this would lull riders into a false sense of security, thinking they are being protected when really they're not.

I think the video shows it going off in a few instances like that, though it was dark so I'm not sure I can fully tell what's going down. Maybe they smacked into an invisible deer or something.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Its called a vasectomy. And/or abstinence.

Uhh, abstinence is not at all the same thing as having sex with an invisible condom. Neither is a vasectomy. I don't know what you're talking about.

 

[One Brow]

So I'm wondering if this would lull riders into a false sense of security, thinking they are being protected when really they're not.

It seems to be based on both angle and suddenness of movement, at least in part.

 

[LogGrad98]

It seems to be based on both angle and suddenness of movement, at least in part.

Sneeze and KA-BOOM!!

 

[moevillini]

It seems to be based on both angle and suddenness of movement, at least in part.

Ironic, isn't it?!