The Super Amazing Hovding Invisible Airbag Helmet
Sweden is one of the countries where bicycles are more important to have than a TV set. Sweden has a greatly developed network of cycle paths within its towns and cities, and also dedicated cycle routes around the country as well. The idea of the invisible helmet namely Hovding was conceived by two students Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin as a Master's thesis while they were studying Industrial Design at the University of Lund.
In 2005 there came a law that it was mandatory for children upto the age 15 to wear Helmets, so it was thought of to be a good Master's thesis to see if there could be an invisible type helmet which adult people can wear with comfort as well, as many adults are hesitant to wear helmets due to many different reasons.
The Hovding which was initially a concept for an invisible helmet, processed itself into an Airbag helmet for bicycle users. The Hovding is a completely tried and tested product, of which you can see in some of the videos we have put up here on this page.
The below picture will give you an idea of how the Hovding is worn.
Let us first look into a little what is actually the Hovding Airbag Helmet and how it works. See the video below:
Upon an accident, an airbag pops out of the Hovding, shaping up like a jacket hood. The material that is used is an ultra-solid nylon fabric, which gives it the edge of not getting scratches or getting teared up on touching ground.
The Hovding covers a large area of head as compared to the conventional cycle helmets available. The best part of wearing the Hovding is that it can camouflage itself with your clothing style and no one will notice even that you are wearing it.
When the cyclist is about to crash down the Hovding gets the signal to let the airbag pop out. As you may have seen in the above video, the time taken by the Airbag to pop is almost of an eye blink.
There is an interesting video of the Hovding, namely Will it Pop, check it out below.
Another interesting video of the Hovding, will the Hovding pop out while using it doing Judo Karate ? Find out, watch the video below.
You can change the outer shell of the Hovding according to the style of your clothing. Which makes it very dynamic and friendly to use.
In 2005 there came a law that it was mandatory for children upto the age 15 to wear Helmets, so it was thought of to be a good Master's thesis to see if there could be an invisible type helmet which adult people can wear with comfort as well, as many adults are hesitant to wear helmets due to many different reasons.
The Hovding which was initially a concept for an invisible helmet, processed itself into an Airbag helmet for bicycle users. The Hovding is a completely tried and tested product, of which you can see in some of the videos we have put up here on this page.
The below picture will give you an idea of how the Hovding is worn.
Let us first look into a little what is actually the Hovding Airbag Helmet and how it works. See the video below:
Upon an accident, an airbag pops out of the Hovding, shaping up like a jacket hood. The material that is used is an ultra-solid nylon fabric, which gives it the edge of not getting scratches or getting teared up on touching ground.
The Hovding covers a large area of head as compared to the conventional cycle helmets available. The best part of wearing the Hovding is that it can camouflage itself with your clothing style and no one will notice even that you are wearing it.
When the cyclist is about to crash down the Hovding gets the signal to let the airbag pop out. As you may have seen in the above video, the time taken by the Airbag to pop is almost of an eye blink.
There is an interesting video of the Hovding, namely Will it Pop, check it out below.
Another interesting video of the Hovding, will the Hovding pop out while using it doing Judo Karate ? Find out, watch the video below.
You can change the outer shell of the Hovding according to the style of your clothing. Which makes it very dynamic and friendly to use.
Not only the Hovding has application only for cyclist, but it can be used on many other purposes as well, for example it can be worn during hiking or horse riding ! The use of the Hovding is not specific to cycling only, in our humble view. If you want to buy this amazingly cool product, visit the shop page.
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