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Cardboard Bike Helmets!

Thursday, 20 December 2012 01:10

By Peter Sucui (bikeradar.com)

Much is made today with carbon fiber, but this year the hot new material might be one that was first patented back in 1856 in England. Known as corrugated or pleated paper, it is more commonly known as cardboard.

Earlier this year we saw a $20 cardboard bike and now a student at the Royal College of Art in London has devised a cycling helmet that made of cardboard.

Called the Kranium, the cardboard helmet promises to absorb the energy of a crash and protect the wearer.

First a little clarification on cardboard. The material used by designer Anirudha Surabhi is actually corrugated fiberboard, which is the paper-based material that consists of a fluted corrugated sheet and one or two flat inner boards. While this is widely known to many as

The key to Surabhi