{"id":90030,"date":"2013-11-08T22:28:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T21:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/could-this-invention-spark-a-global-revolution\/"},"modified":"2013-11-08T22:28:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T21:28:07","slug":"could-this-invention-spark-a-global-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/could-this-invention-spark-a-global-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Could This Invention Spark a Global Revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- All divs have been put onto one line because of whitespace issues when rendered inline in browsers --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>&ldquo;We&#8217;re going to save the world&hellip;It&#8217;s chicken to be a realist,&#8221; the inventors of the invisible bike helmet said. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- All divs have been put onto one line because of whitespace issues when rendered inline in browsers --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- BODY --><br \/>\n <!--smart_paging_autop_filter--><\/p>\n<p>A pair of Swedish women have developed a revolutionary solution to implementing bike safety: the invisible bike helmet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;re going to save the world&hellip;It&#8217;s chicken to be a realist. An invisible bike helmet is a symbol of the impossible,&rdquo; the design duo said.<\/p>\n<p>The women developed the invention as an exam project after being fed up with uncomfortable, restrictive normal helmets.<\/p>\n<p>They collected accident reports and studied movement patterns drawing upon a number of engineering technologies.  <\/p>\n<p>Seven years later the revolutionary invention was complete &ndash; protection without wearing anything on your head.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Cars are so yesterday. Bikes are the future! If people say it&#8217;s impossible, then we have to prove them wrong. If we can do that, we can do anything.&rdquo; They excitedly uttered.<\/p>\n<p>Curious to know how it works? Check out the secrets in this video:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/43038579\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/alternet\/~vimeo.com\/43038579\">The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/alternet\/~vimeo.com\/focusf\">Focus Forward Films<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/alternet\/~https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/video\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-how-tell-if-your-mayor-smoking-crack\">Watch: Jimmy Kimmel on How to Tell If Your Mayor Is Smoking Crack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/video\/video-jon-stewart-rips-fox-news-lying-motherfckers-about-obamacare\">VIDEO: Jon Stewart Rips Into Fox News For &lsquo;Lying Like Motherf#ckers&#8217; About Obamacare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/video\/video-conservatives-lament-new-laws-barring-lgbt-workplace-discrimination\">VIDEO: Conservatives Lament New Laws Barring LGBT Workplace Discrimination<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/49800779\/0\/alternet~Could-This-Invention-Spark-a-Global-Revolution\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Could This Invention Spark a Global Revolution?\">Alternet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;re going to save the world&hellip;It&#8217;s chicken to be a realist,&#8221; the inventors of the invisible bike helmet said. A pair of Swedish women have developed a revolutionary solution to implementing bike safety: the invisible bike helmet. &ldquo;We&#8217;re going to save the world&hellip;It&#8217;s chicken to be a realist. 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