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Swedish students have invented a new bicycle helmet. It's because you cannot see it. The "invisible" helmet is a kind of airbag inside a . People wear it around their like a scarf. When the cyclist falls off his/her bike, the collar fills with and an airbag goes around the head. The students, Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, want to change how people . They think normal helmets are too big and . They said they are "like a hard on your head." They called their helmet the Hövding. They said it is , so "people would be happy to wear it".

The women started on the Hövding in 2005. They looked at of cycling . They wanted to make the safest helmet and change how people cycle. They up with a Swedish airbag company. Today, their company employs 17 people. In the video, Haupt and Alstin said: "Cars are so . Bikes are the ." They also said their helmet would make them . People can only buy the helmet in Europe, for around $530. The company did not say when people in the of the world could buy it.

 


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