The description makes it sound like an inflatable bike helmet but that could be because the writer had one on his or her head as well, and it was controlling their actions, because that’s what these bulbous brain suckers do.
I’ll err on the side of sanity and say this is a bike helmet, and that it was one of five projects that won an award at INDEX this year. Called Hövding, the design is the work of Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, and apparently erupts from the scarf around your neck when “it senses abnormal movement.”
Yeah, anyway, for some reason or another I have this little suspicion that this helmet could be an example of form over function. Just a tad. [Dezeen]
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Me
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:06 PMAre you serious? talk about old news, some current news gizmodo?
Hotcarp
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:56 PMIf your not convinced have a look at the crash test videos posted as an article on this site some time ago.
Ozoneocean
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 10:23 PMThis is function over form rather, since it’s ugly but it’s normally hidden and only pops up during a crash.
Supposedly.
But that might just be what the bulbous brainsuckers want us to think…
Steve
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 10:42 PMI’m positive this has been covered before on this exact site.
Steve
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 8:50 AMyeah this was covered in numerous blogs about 6 months back.
Osiris Fox
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 1:30 PMHah… it’ll be tragic yet somewhat funny when this thing malfunctions and “erupts” someones head from there body.