A refusal to wear helmets leads to hundreds of fatal bike crashes each year. A team of former SpaceX engineers may have found the solution.

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October 5, 2018 2:35 PM

After three years of research and development, a team of engineers has developed a collapsible bike helmet that's safer and more comfortable than the traditional model.

SpaceX employees, set out to discover why cyclists are so resistant to wearing helmets.
After three years of research and development, they are now unveiling a collapsible bike helmet that's safer and more comfortable than the traditional model.
folds down into the size of a water bottle.

Bike commuters have long been willing to risk their lives to avoid the unpleasantness of wearing a helmet. Park & Diamond, an engineering startup that manufactures portable and stylish helmets for cyclists, want to change that.

The idea came about in 2015, after co-founder

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