While bike helmets do provide a great deal of protection, it's certainly still possible to sustain a head injury when wearing one. This fact prompted two Swedish companies to develop a prototype ...

The Dainese Smart Jacket was the first of its kind – a foldable, lightweight airbag vest that can be worn over or under a ...

Cycling with a helmet is definitely safer than riding with no helmet, but even so, there’s still room for improvement when it comes to absorbing efficiency. Two Swedish companies are working on just ...

Miami residents love riding their bikes. But, unfortunately, there are even more Miami residents who love driving their cars abysmally. The amount of traffic accidents regarding motor vehicles and ...

There's a stylish alternative in Europe to the sometimes geeky looking bike helmet. Hövding's airbag collar, complete with a gyroscope and accelerometer to detect a crash, is popular in its native ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Bicycle helmets that utilize airbag technology instead of conventional hard foam may offer five times more protection against brain injuries, according to Stanford ...

Hövding is a bike helmet that opens up like an airbag during a collision or a fall. The airbag is designed to fit like a hood and it fills up with helium when needed. Testing showed it reduced the ...

Although wearing a helmet when cycling is undoubtedly safer than not wearing one at all, it goes without saying that there is still space for improvement in terms of how well standard lids absorbs ...

Traumatic brain injuries are commonly associated with contact sports, such as football and lacrosse. In reality, though, bike accidents are the leading cause of such injuries in the United States, ...

In feel-good movies and inspirational stories, you can never keep a good man (or woman) down. The leading character takes more punches than humanly possible, both figurative and literal, but is still ...

Autoliv says new motorcycle ‘bag-on-bike’ airbag is set for production beginning in Q1 2025. It says the bag-on-bike airbag can significantly reduce the risk of serious injury for powered two-wheeler ...