WINNER: TRANSPORT DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Ultimate Helmet for City Rides Re-imagining the humble bicycle helmet. Lumos is the world's first smart bike helmet that beautifully integrates lights, hard brake, turn signals, and helmet into a single cohesive whole. An elegant solution for your safety and visibility. No wonder Lumos has won so many awards. Bright lights to stand out on the road Super bright white LEDs in the front and super bright red LEDs in the rear provide ample illumination to ensure that you stand out on the road. Turn signals on helmet Lumos features bright left and right turn signals on the helmet activated via a wireless remote on your handlebar. Automatic warning lights (in beta) Lumos senses when you slow down, and automatically turns all the rear lights bright solid red. Feature affects battery life and is turned off by default (can be activated/deactivated at any time). Lumos Helmet named Design of the Year in Transport!

The annual Beazley’s Designs of the Year award by the London Design Museum is a prestigious exhibition featuring 70 designs nominated by industry experts that ‘promote or deliver change, enable access, extend design practice, or capture the spirit of the year and the issues that define our time.’ Out of these 70 nominees, the Lumos Helmet has been named the award winner in the transport category! Read more about it here.In no particular order, here are 7 Motorcycle Helmets that have raised the bar in Technology. Wearable Tech is making headway in 2016 and the Motorcycle industry is keeping pace with these new high-tech helmets. I’m a bit of a geek myself and when advances like these Helmets with HUD (Heads-up-Display) and Rearview starting to hit the scene, I can’t help but want a new “Big Boy Toy.” Go faster, ride harder, and live longer. First up is the Reevu HUD Helmet. The Helmet was design with style in mind as well solving a problem that plagues most street biker riders – not being able to see behind you.

The “rear-view mirror” found in cars and trucks does not translate well into the design of a motorcycle. And the 2 tiny little side mirrors don’t seem to be able to provide hardly enough rear road visibility.gta san andreas motorcycle handling modSafety, comfort, and low street/wind noise are high priorities for the makers of this high-tech motorcycle helmet. daytona 3/4 motorcycle helmetsThe HUD (or Heads-up-Display) offers a real-time display of what is going on behind you. motorcycle shops in hillcrestEssentially, this helmet bends the travel of any light all the way around the shell of the helmet – just like the mirror in a car. Motorcycle racing sports get the most benefit out of this innovation.

And in the case of a zombie apocalypse, you might want to see if they are gaining on you too. Short clip of the REEVU in action. The SKULLY AR-1 is an upgrade to your high-tech motorcycle helmet arsenal. With a built-in ultra wide-angle rear view camera and transparent Heads-Up Display (HUD), this helmet displays your blind spots right in front of you. The visor goes from light to dark at the push of a button. With fully integrated Bluetooth speakers and built-in GPS navigation, you get turn-by-turn directions even in areas of low reception, and you get to rock out while riding. Increase your road visibility by adding extra lighting to your motorcycle helmet. Wireless LED Brake kits for converting your favorite helmet are available to add in LED brake lights, turn signals, and EL WIRE. Here are my favorite Lightmode Helmet Designs. Here is another really cool way to add EL wire to your motorcycle helmet. Shark Helmets are riding in a close second with the release of the Shark Skwal Helmet with built in LED lights to increase your safety while riding at night. L

ight up the night! Check out the Skwal here. Bluetooth motorcycle helmets have built in speakers to listen to your favorite music on the go. Some manufacturers like Torc offer them installed from the factory, and kits are available to convert your favorite custom motorcycle helmet into a beat-box road worthy lid. Livemap is currently in a crowdfunding mode and the website has a Kickstarter-like feel to it with perks and rewards along the right-hand side of the homepage for various donation levels. Unique hi-tech motorbike helmet with built-in navigation system and voice controlled interface. This helmet combines GPS capabilities and a Heads-up-display system with a voice controlled interface. Did you say GPSHUDVC? Yes, yes I did. GPS + HUD + Voice Control = Awesome. Planned to launch in the US mid-summer 2017. Why get yourself a new helmet when you can upgrade your own with some technology of the 21st. century. Unless you are one of the cafe-racer hipster types, then all you need some some good beard oil. I

kid, I kid.  🙂 Going on a long ride with your partner? Perhaps you want to chat with another biker in the group about the sights along the way. By hooking up a Bluetooth headset you can.  Models vary in size and cost. The Go Pro is a camera built specifically for sports recording. It is the most versatile camera on the market and has a huge user fan base that can back up the claim, “Wear it, Mount it, Love it.” Once you experience a Go Pro for yourself, only then will you join the Pros. Whichever route you take to upgrade into the High-tech lifestyle while riding your own motorcycle, you are going to love your new found freedom. Any features here that you would like to see someday in a motorcycle helmet? Nirsonally, I like all of the above combined into one sick motorcycle helmet won’t mess my hair up 🙂 Need some more inspiration? Thought you would never ask. Here are 10 Helmet Concepts that I wish I could buy today.ADDITIONAL IMAGES & VIDEOS

RELATED PRODUCTSMotorbike Helmet Red Brake/Turn Signal - $14.58Blackjack Ace Firefighter Helmet Flashlight System - $25.273-LED Rear Bicycle Light with Self Leveling Helmet Mount - $19.00Topeak HeadLux Helmet Light - $14.35Pet Motorcycle Helmet - $24.00And while half the time it's happened because they were doing something Level 9 stupid, the other half it was because they got rear-ended or T-boned by a car that didn't see them. The HelSTAR is a wireless brake and turn signal LED lighting system that attaches to riders' helmets. Creator David Werner devised it in hopes of reducing the number of car-motorcycle collisions that occur when drivers don't see a bike's low-set indicator lights. (He is still working on finding a solution for Level 9 stupidity.) HelSTAR uses an ultra-low frequency technology to integrate into helmets and motorcycles and serve as a secondary brake light/set of turn signals. The theory is that the higher placement and brightness of the LED lights will better grab motorists' attention when a biker in front of them slows or moves to turn.

HelSTAR systems install on any motorcycle and helmet combo, and a single helmet receiver can link to multiple transmitters (motorcycles), or a single transmitter to multiple receivers. HelSTAR battery power is reserved almost exclusively for powering the receiver's LED lights (i.e., not for RF communication with the bike) to increase brightness and per-charge life, plus remove the need for an On-Off switch for the helmet. Breakaway design to help prevent neck injuries in the event of a fall. Automatic diagnostics of battery, RF communication, and LED function. Hundreds of thousands of unique codes to prevent cross communication with other units and stray interference. Functionality with virtually all 12V systems, including CAN-Bus. User programmable for compatibility and future enhancements (e.g., brake modulation). Meets or exceeds DOT standards. The HelSTAR wireless brake and signal helmet light system seeks Kickstarter crowdfunding through December 13, 2014.