Good afternoon Everybody
First of all I want to thank you ‘Christina N’ for always publishing interesting topics. I see that Hodving Invisible Helmet is a good innovative idea. The application is a real example of how creativity should be. They tried to satisfy people needs with a nice good looking product guaranteeing their safety but unfortunately the result was expensive, not practical and most probably woudl be used for once in life.
I would like to give a big thump for the creativity of the idea and in the great ability of combining art design with sensors and electronics in a form making it completely natural.
Answering your question “What if it wouldn't open when needed?” Immediately, your question reminds me of ‘Parachuting’ what if the that parachute didn’t open on the prober moment! I think as the Parachute successfully gained people trust, the Hodving Helmet could also gain people trust if they applied the right techniques.
About the question of reliability; we can say that reliability is a term group inside itself other certain terms: availability and proficiency. Simply, reliability means being available to do a certain service and doing this service at the right time and in the right way (proficiency). The availability of Hodving Helmet is directly depending on the power of the batteries and the status of sensor; without working batteries or any unexpected problem with sensors the helmet will not be available anymore it will be just a useless scarf. Another point I think that the helmet will be used only for once, after it break out you will not be able to use it again – I just guess I am not completely sure. About the point of proficiency, the device is based on deploying a hood around head and neck for shocks protection, but what if the head had fallen down over a non-flat surface contains spikes? What about as Imagery said a hard object hit the rider head while he is going on by his bike? The sensor will not be able to detect any change in the rider latitude and longitude.
I don’t think that this product will survive for a long time in the market. Let me list the points I see that it will work against this product in the market:
- Appearance: The advantage of the Hodving Helmet over the traditional helmet that it is looking more matched with the business look. But the Hodving Helmet will lose this advantage in summer, it will not be matched with summer wear, plus it could be annoying as a collar around neck in hot temperature.
- Maintenance: The traditional helmet don’t need any maintenance just with an quick over look you can realize if you can go out with it or not. In the dashboard of cars there is an indication to show if the airbags are working probably or need a check. What about a ready indication for the Hodvidge Helmet to know if you are protected or not? What would be its mainteance plan?
- Complexity: From the first glance without involving in any details the Hodvide Helmet is more complex which is directly has an impact on its price and on its maintenance.
- Lifetime: Under any condition the life time of the Hodvide Helmet will not be longer that a traditional helmet.
The traditional helmet is more practical and more matched with the environment of a bicycle. Actually, people don’t wear it because they think that driving bicycle is a safe enough than many other things they used to do in their daily life. Rising awreness about the importance of the bike's helmet will open the market for many opportunities.
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