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This Predator Helmet Can Make Even The Tiniest Vespa Badass
Motorcycle riders don’t get a lot of respect from other drivers on the road, but who’s going to dare cut you off when you’re cruising around looking like an intergalactic game hunter in this awesome Predator helmet. It’s built on an actual motorcycle helmet, so it’s properly safety rated with an enhanced, sculpted outer shell, a dreadlocks mullet, and even a tri-laser scope.
Newton’s Cradle Is So Much Better With Motorcycle Helmets
You’ve seen Newton’s balls before. You might even have one on your desk. You know, the thing that demonstrates energy transference. But I can guarantee you’ve never seen it in action like this before (truth be told, it was faked).
This Motorcycle Helmet Will Help Reduce Concussions
We’ve shown you 6D’s new helmet technology before — elastomeric dampers absorb the forces of low-speed impacts, an area where traditional styrofoam-and-shell helmets fail. Now, that function is better explained in this new video.
This Soft-Shell Helmet Bounces Back With Every Hit
Helmets have a relatively simple but important job as far as gear goes: 1) don’t fall off and 2) prevent major brain damage. Given its limited roster of tasks, it would be easy to assume that helmet innovation has probably hit a standstill by now. WRONG. Enter the Giro Combyn: a soft-shell helmet that utilises an impact-absorbing liner that Giro promises can take all sorts of hits over and over and over again.
Beats By Dre Headphones Are Going In Helmets Now
POC and Beats By Dre are going to make your next ski trip better and safer with a new line of new line of Receptor BUG Helmets that have headphones built in.
All The Space Helmets In Every Movie Ever
This video by Keith Melton is monumental: every space helmet in every movie ever, put together for our collective space nerdgasm. It’s a pleasure to watch them all, even more so because of the amazing soundtrack: a perfect David Bowie’s Space Oddity and The Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby mashup.
Finally, An Actual Innovation In Helmet Technology
Motorcycle crash helmets have essentially been the same old thing since they were invented 60+ years ago — an energy absorbing chunk of styrofoam glued into a hard outer shell. Sure, some have better graphics or neato vents or whatever, but that’s the basic technology. Now, a tiny company in California is bringing actual technical innovation to that formula, all in the name of reducing concussions that result from low-speed impacts.
