Could Hövding's $330 Airbag Helmet Prevent e-Scooter Death and Injury? The improved Hövding 3 is a wearable airbag that deploys to protect bicyclists' heads—but could work for scooter riders, too.

Hovding AB, a Swedish company that has made headlines for the first mass-market bicycle airbag helmet, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday after regulators stopped the sales of its main product.

Pricing for the Hovding 3 airbag / inflatable helmet starts at €249 ($283) and goes up to €349 ($397), if you’re particular about having it in a more fancy print.

If sudden extreme motions are detected, indicating a crash or collision has occurred that was severe enough for the rider to fall, an 18-liter airbag deploys from the top of the pack, inflating in ...

You heard right; as of 2022 EICMA, the world now has an integrated airbag helmet for motorcyclists…a prototype, anyways.. The unit is as yet unnamed, but shows off some intriguing tech; Swedish safety ...

The airbag/helmet works by constantly tracking your movements. The device’s built-in computer system uses a custom algorithm to detect falls by analyzing the wearer’s movements 200 times per ...

This fact prompted two Swedish companies to develop an airbag-equipped helmet, which could make a big difference in an accident. While bike helmets do provide a great deal of protection, ...

Odds are, if you have ridden a bicycle for any amount of time, you have crashed. Crashes are fast, violent and chaotic events that leave you confused, and very glad to have a helmet. But what if th… ...

A patent is pending for a motorcycle seat that ejects a rider in a crash and then cocoons them in a full-length airbag suit to protect them from injury. Get ad-free access for ... that idea a few ...

Autoliv is also working with Italian helmet manufacturer Airoh on the development of airbag helmet tech for motorcycle riders. Airbag technology in the realm of motorcycles is not a new concept ...

Helmet use is almost zero in the Netherlands, ... “But when the bicycle and the car crashed into each other, the airbag helmet did not reliably recognize this scenario as a crash.