As highlighted by the cardboard bicycle, cardboard can be a surprisingly versatile manufacturing material in the right hands. Further proof of this comes via the Kranium: a bicycle helmet constructed ...

Who would have thought that cardboard could protect your noggin? We’re not saying that you should wear a cardboard box on your head the next time you go out for a bike ride, but before long, you could ...

Would you ride a bike while wearing a helmet made of cardboard? What if its design was inspired by nature — specifically, a woodpecker? You'll have a chance to do just that next year — meaning you ...

Would you ride a bike while wearing a helmet made of cardboard? What if its design was inspired by nature — specifically, a woodpecker? You'll have a chance to do just that next year — meaning you ...

Just last month, we told you about the Kranium – a prototype bicycle helmet with a core made from cardboard instead of the usual expanded foam. Well, we obviously weren’t the only ones impressed by it ...

It was a serious accident that sparked Anirudha Surabhi's senior design project at the Royal College of Art in London. He was hospitalized for several days with a concussion after a bike crash, and ...

Kranium is a bike helmet that is made from the same cardboard used for the boxes you find at the supermarket. This material, along with some clever construction, turns out to be a lot better at ...

Anirudha Surabhi’s brilliant cardboard Kranium helmet is the latest and greatest development in sustainable noggin-protecting technology. While cardboard might not sound like the material of choice to ...

The way a woodpecker is able to protect itself from long bouts of head banging influences the design of radical new head protection. If ever there were a creature that seemed destined to suffer from ...

A foldable, recyclable bike helmet has been announced as the international winner of the 2016 James Dyson Award, an annual globe-spanning design competition which rewards innovative solutions to ...

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