Shopping Bag Converts to Safety Helmet

Our always on the ball WTF Department has brought to our attention an eco-friendly shopping bag that converts to a safety helmet. It’s from Japan (where else?) and it’s called “The Grappa“. The bottom of the bag has a helmet hardened plastic piece in there to protect your head against falling objects …

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Steampunk Daft Punk Costumes

Check out these incredible steampunk Daft Punk outfits with light up helmets. This duo was spotted at DragonCon last fall. We have very little other information on them other than the fact that they might go by “Danny and Adam” when not parading around like Victorian spacemen from the past version of today’s …

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R2-D2 Motorcycle Helmet

Jenn Hall is awesome. Check out this R2D2 helmet she made herself. Scuffed up a regular helmet, drank a Michelob Ultra, and spray painted on the R2 design and many layers of clear coat: The external pieces were made from sawed off PVC pipe. She doesn’t just make a helmet like this …

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iPad + Old Mac = Awesomesauce Helmet

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If you weren’t at DJ Kid Chameleon’s performance a few weeks ago at Phoenix then you missed the debut of this insane homemade digital helmet. The Daft Punk-like headgear was made from an old Mac Plus with an iPad mounted in where the screen should be and attached to a deconstructed bicycle helmet ...

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Inflatable Bicycle Airbag Collar Helmet

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This has to be one of the wildest, yet most sensible motorcycle and bicycle safety devices ever. The Hövding is basically a wearable airbag for your head. It goes around your neck like a slightly oversized scarf. Inside the collar are sensors that tell the device when to inflate, which it does with ...

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Ghostbusters Meets Star Wars

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What would happen if Star Wars morphed with Ghostbusters? What if Slimer was a Stormtrooper (helmet)? It would be ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome that is. Kudos to Nicole Falk for creating this awesome mashup for the 501st Legion TK Project. What would it look like if someone (inexplicably) decided to wear the SlimeTrooper ...

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R2-D2 Stormtrooper Helmet

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Mind=blown. We’ve seen a few other modified and painted Stormtrooper helmets being created by the 501st Legion for a charity project but this R2-D2 Stormtrooper Helmet might just be the best and most creative one yet. Albin Johnson and Jerry Greene are the two folks behind this sweet Star Wars DIY project. ...

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Helmet Reeks of Cheese When You Fall

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Apparently bicycle helmets are supposed to be used for multiple crashes. There’s a point at which the helmet is structurally damaged on the inside and should not be used again. Unfortunately most cyclists who’ve reached the “breaking point” so to speak have probably been hit one too many times to realize it. So ...

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