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Two Swedish students have invented a new kind of bicycle helmet. People are saying it's invisible because you cannot see it on a head. The "invisible" helmet is really a kind of . It is inside a large collar. People wear it around their like a scarf. When the cyclist falls off his/her bike, the collar fills with and an airbag surrounds the head. The two students, Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, wanted to change the way people . They said: "Bicycle helmets have always been the same. They’re so , like a hard mushroom on your head." They called their new invention the Hövding. The pair said it looks so that "people would be happy to wear it".

The inventors started research and on the Hövding in 2005. They examined thousands of cycling . They wanted to find out how to make the helmet. They then teamed with a Swedish airbag company called Alva. Today, the Hövding company has a of 17 employees. They hope their helmet will change how people all over the cycle. In their video, Haupt and Alstin said: "Cars are so . Bikes are the ." They also said their invention would make them millionaires. People can only buy the Hövding helmet in Europe. It sells for around $530. The company did not say when it would be in the rest of the world.

 


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