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Yeah no.
FYI, opening stuff like this in a private browsing/incognito window often gets around that sort of warning.
I'd also recommend installing Firefox and using the uBlock Origin extension to block ads and a decent number of paywalls/subscription walls.
Inspired by head-banging woodpeckers, Vancouver-based Pikio Labs has discovered a new approach to skull protection.
Courtesy of Pikio Labs
[...] Multidirectional Impact Protection System, or MIPS, hit the market in 2007 and is now a common feature on premium helmets. At the same time, Virginia Tech turned helmet safety into something of a competition for manufacturers. In 2018, it launched helmet STAR ratings (Summation of Tests for the Analysis of Risk), testing beyond the legal minimum and measuring both linear and rotational impacts.
Only four of the first 30 helmets earned five stars, but by 2025, 167 of 272 achieved five stars, and Virginia Tech had to tighten its grading. That only drove competition and improved helmet technology. Suddenly, hitting the number one spot was good for business and brains.
Sitting comfortably ahead of the competition, with a 4.61 score (10.1 or lower earns a five-star rating; lower is better), is the Pikio Si Oblik road cycling helmet, featuring a new safety system called Oblik. Inspired by the headbanging, concussion-proof woodpecker, this new design has wiped the floor with the competition. For context, Pikio's 4.61 score is 2.21 points lower than the previous best Canyon Deflectr’s 6.82. That’s about 32 percent lower, a massive shift when many of the highest-rated helmets score only between 7 and 10 points
Couldn't read the article, but from the title I thought it's yet another helmet that needs an app or something.
Looked it up, and apparently not. It just kinda rotates around your head, reducing the torque in addition to force.
It's more than that: Supposedly it's an improved version of what MIPS does but in addition to that, the impact foam is sectioned off so it helps prevent transferring as much shock I guess.
We'll see how it does in real world tests but hopefully it's a legit step up in safety.
Isn't that just MIPS?
Like MIPS but with a lot more individualized articulation. MIPS is mostly one layers that can scoot around. This helmet has a bunch of panels that can handle shear forces and impact independently
Ah, interesting. Thanks for the explanation!
Looks something like that
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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