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Two Swedish design students have a totally new kind of bicycle helmet. People are it's invisible because you cannot it on a cyclist's head. The "invisible" helmet is really a kind of airbag. It is inside a large collar. People it around their neck like a scarf. When the cyclist off his/her bike, the collar quickly with gas and an airbag the head. The two students, Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, wanted to the way people . They said: "Bicycle helmets have always the same. They’re so bulky, like a hard mushroom on your head." They called their new invention the Hövding. The pair said it so fashionable that "people would be happy to wear it".

The inventors research and development on the Hövding in 2005. They thousands of cycling accidents. They wanted to out how to the safest helmet. They then up with a Swedish airbag company called Alva. Today, the Hövding company has a staff of 17 employees. They their helmet will change how people all over the world cycle. In their video, Haupt and Alstin said: "Cars are so yesterday. Bikes are the future." They also their invention would them millionaires. People can only the Hövding helmet online in Europe. It for around $530. The company did not when it would be available in the rest of the world.

 


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