This fact prompted two Swedish companies to develop a prototype airbag-equipped helmet, which could make a big difference in the event of an accident. The helmet was designed and tested via a ...

Remember Hövding, the Swedish bike helmet released a few years back that looks like a stylish, poofy collar and supposedly inflates like an airbag upon impact? In a new video, the company ...

The airbag helmet in question is the Hövding, which, most of the time, is a collar waiting to be a helmet. It is designed to sit around a rider's neck like a puffy scarf, but when it detects a ...

In fact it’s not really a helmet at all. Hövding is a rapidly-inflating airbag that deploys from a collar around your neck when you’re in an accident. Here’s how it works, and a video ...

But what if there was another way of protecting your head? [Seth] decided to find out by taking a look at the Hövding airbag helmet. The Hövding sits around your neck and looks somewhat akin to ...

They’ve finally hit the right combination of style and safety in the Hövding, “the invisible airbag bicycle helmet.” While cyclists are whizzing around town, the “helmet” is tucked into ...

Hovding 3 inflates in 0.1 seconds from the moment sensors pick up abnormal movement, surrounding the neck and head in a protective, soft, helmet-like airbag. You can see an over-dramatic video of ...

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. The ...

Its core pitch—of replacing your bike helmet with a fanny pack that wraps around your neck, tracking acceleration hundreds of times a second, then inflating instantly like an airbag in case of a ...

The company — which released the head-saving device earlier this week — also claims that it has three times better shock absorption than a hard helmet. The airbag/helmet works by constantly ...

Specifically, the Hovding helmet is made of durable nylon fabric that can withstand the scraping against the asphalt. The airbag keeps the pressure at a constant level for several seconds and can ...