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SAN FRANCISCO Nate Thompson Senators Jersey , Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at Stanford University have tested a bike helmet that comes in a soft pocket worn around the neck and pops up, like an air bag, around a person's head when it senses a potential collision.


Traditional "foam bike helmets can and have been proven to reduce the likelihood of skull fracture and other, more severe brain injury," said David Camarillo, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford. "But, I think many falsely believe that a bike helmet is there to protect against a concussion. That's not true."


Given that bicycling is the leading cause of sports- and activity-related concussion and brain injury in the United States, Camarillo's lab, which works on understanding and preventing concussion, decided to test a new type of helmet that is originally designed to address the fact that people do not like to wear helmets for aesthetic reasons and is starting to be available in some European countries.