We’ve been
pleased to see the near constant innovation and the accompanying evolution that comes with it in the realm of athletic head protection. Much has been made with sensors that can determine if an injury has occurred or even call for helmet when the wear suffers a head injury.
Of course preventing any injury at all is what the real purpose for wearing a helmet is and thus there has been a lot of innovation in the materials. There have been a number of new materials but Kranium is a helmet that takes a step back, namely looking at cardboard rather than something more complex like carbon fiber. The helmet is the invention of Royal College of Arts student Anirudha Surabhi, who devised the concept and created prototype that is 15 percent lighter than standard helmets but at the same time could absorb up to three times the impact energy during a collision. Video after the jump