Hovding 3 | The Safest Urban Cyclist Helmet Is Worn Like A Collar Around The Neck | Invisible Helmet

The Hovding 3 is the latest innovation in portable head protection. It is claimed to be the world’s safest head protection. It is basically an airbag that can be worn around the neck which will inflate into a portable helmet-like shape moments before an accident occurs. Hövding was initially invented by Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, in Malmö, Sweden in 2005, as a master thesis for the founders’ Master of Industrial Design at the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University in Sweden. Their studies included the comparison of accelerometer data from bicycle crashes against ’typical’ cycling. The Hövding contains accelerometers that detect these unusual movements which then deploys the airbag if the movement patterns match the profile of a crash. Each Hövding airbag also contains a “Black Box“ that records the accelerometer data 10 seconds before a deployment. This data can be used by the Hövding developers to improve the product. Source: