Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award

Re:Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award by f_allwein on Thursday November 17, 2016 @08:38AM (#12977271)

interesting, but does not look like the best solution to the problem of "how do we supply bike share users with helmets?", given that they can only be used a few times.

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Re:Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award by proactivesvcs on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:29AM (#12977690)

The problem is actually "how do we make bike share users safer?"

I'd suggest more effort is put into making the infrastructure better, since a flimsy helmet (made of cardboard or polystyrene) is not a solution to any problem other than sales figures.

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Re:Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award by 300zxkyle on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:24AM (#12977654)

I'm not sure; I believe that any (viable) attempt to reduce the possibility of head injuries due to cycling accidents is a good idea. This definitely seems to hit the mark on "if I had one with me I would".

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Re:Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award by ghaff on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:37AM (#12977762)

I haven't personally used it, but it seemed as if Seattle had some sort of helmet rental associated with bike share when I was there recently.

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