Design helmet

The EcoHelmet. Its honeycomb design offers it strength. Photo: Handout

The creator of a foldable bicycle helmet has actually obtained a £30, 000 prize to take it towards commercialisation.

The “EcoHelmet” may be the creation of Isis Shiffer, a 28-year-old designer and bike lover from New York just who came up with the concept after she started making use of city bike-hire systems but was concerned about biking without a helmet.

“It simply occured in my opinion there was an infrastructure space here. We've these fantastic [bike-hire] schemes all over the world incase you want to wear a helmet either you need bring your or invest a large amount of money, ” Shiffer told the Guardian.

The woman answer – the folding helmet, predicated on card – is crowned the worldwide champion of the year’s James Dyson award, having currently claimed the nationwide prize in america.

Across 22 countries, rewards are awarded to university-level manufacturers and engineers for innovative solutions to conundrums, with past champions associated with international honor including a robotic supply, fishing nets which do not trap endangered species, and an expansive incubator for premature children.

But winning the award, she stated, was a surprise. “I was extremely amazed, and ricocheted around a bit and hyperventilated and labeled as my mum, ” she said. “I'm not an engineer so to-be recognised really engineering-heavy framework is incredibly gratifying and interesting for me personally.”