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I Can’t Believe The Acolyte‘s Cool Helmet Is Han’s Hoth Jacket All Over Again

The reveal of the Stranger's helmet being bronze, not black, is giving us Empire Strikes Back flashbacks.

You’ll Have to Wait for The Acolyte‘s Sick-Ass Villain Helmet to Become a Sick-Ass Toy

Good news! Hasbro knows the Stranger's saber-shorting mask looks cool. Bad news! It also knows you're going to have to wait to wear one of your own.

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook

Horseback Riding Is More Dangerous Than Football, According to New Study

Famously risky sports like skiing, auto racing, and football may all be safer than horseback riding.

Health Ed Cara

This Helmet Protects You From Your GoPro

In 2013, former Formula One Champion Michael Schumacher fell while skiing and suffered a traumatic brain injury even though he was wearing a helmet. The culprit? Some sources blame his helmet-mounted GoPro. Now, Sweet Protection has designed the first snow helmet capable of protecting you from your action camera. Think about it for a second.…

Tech News Wes Siler

Lightest Full-Face Helmet Ever Brings Motorcycle Safety To Bicycles

With mountain bike racers now reaching motorcycle speeds, the full-face protection of a DOT-certified, full-face helmet is needed. But, street-legal motorcycle helmets have always been too big and too heavy. Enter this new Kali Protectives Shiva, the smallest and lightest helmet of its kind ever made. Kali says the $500 Shiva weighs 1050 grams in…

Tech News Wes Siler

The $400,000 F-35 Pilot Helmet Can See Through the Pilot’s Aircraft

This is one of the priciest pieces of pilots’ head gear ever constructed. The F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS), with the tremendous price tag of $400,000, is so advanced that it lets pilots see through their own airframe. According to Lockheed Martin and manufacturer Rockwell Collins this piece of integrated hardware and…

Tech News Attila Nagy

The new stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars Episode VII

The new Star Wars hardware keeps trickling out. This is the new stormtrooper helmet, an updated model that looks way more modern but also less menacing than the original one. The left one is an actual unit in a warehouse. The right one is a render. They look nice but I have a question for…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Hands On With The World’s First HUD Motorcycle Helmet

With a 180° rearview camera, Bluetooth and futuristic styling, Skully Helmets is bringing a fighter pilot-style Heads Up Display to your everyday motorcycle ride. We’re the first publication to experience Skully in the real world. Robert Gomez Hernandez, the Creative Director at Skully, invited me to a parking lot in Playa Del Rey and told…

Tech News Corey Hass

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Motorcycle Safety Gear

Capable of keeping you dry when it’s wet, cool when it’s hot, warm when it’s cold and alive in a crash, motorcycle safety gear is the most advanced apparel this side of a space suit. This guide is going to focus on street motorcycle gear and the kind worn on dual-sport and adventure bikes. Maybe…

Tech News Wes Siler

The Army’s New Helmet Design Comes with Built-In A/C

It’s starting to look like the soldiers of the future could almost fight in space. The Army’s latest helmet concept, specifically designed for chemical-biological protection, includes a respirator that keeps the air clean and cool, like a mini air conditioner built right into the mask. It also looks very badass. Well, to be more specific,…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The winners of the 2014 World Photography Awards

The World Photography Organization has announced the winners of the 2014 World Photography Awards. I love this one by Michael Nordqvist, a Swedish skydiver and base jumper who won the 1st Place Nordics National Award. Captain Sweden! The picture is a self portrait taken half a second after exiting the aircraft. I held the camera…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Renaissance-era knight’s helmet has a rooster’s head on its visor

This German helmet, from the mid-16th century, has a rather unusual adornment on its mask. Was the wearer known as the Cock Knight? The six-pound, six-ounce helmet resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Arms and Armory Collection. The museum includes this description: This helmet is remarkable for the three-dimensional figure of a rooster’s head…

io9 Lauren Davis

Invisible helmet deploys instantly to save bikers’ lives

The wonderful Swedes and their obsession for road safety have struck gold once again: behold the invisible bike helmet that magically appears over a biker’s head whenever there’s a potentially dangerous accident. Genius. https://jalopnik.com/swedes-develop-invisible-bike-helmet-1460189477

Sploid Jesus Diaz

US Army’s new awesome helmet turns war into deadly video game

It seems like something out of Halo, but this new futuristic soldier helmet discovered by KitUp! is now being tested by the US Army. Called the Helmet Electronics and Display System-Upgradeable Protection, it’s a modular variation of the current head gear, with face-protective 9mm plating and Heads Up Display powered by an Android phone. Created…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

LiveMap: An F-35 Fighter Pilot Helmet for Motorcyclists

Move over, Glass, there’s another AR solution for motorcyclists. A startup out of Russia has ideated a helmet with a HUD that claims to solve all your navigation needs. LiveMap’s helmet looks more like the lovechild of a Simpson racing lid and fighter pilot helmet, than a traditional motorcycle helmet. The company says it will…

Tech News Peter ha

Gimli-inspired beer helmet lets you binge drink like a Dwarf

If you love the convenience of the hands-free, dual beverage drinking hat, but you prefer tankards to plastic cups, Instructables user DucttapeNinja explains how to convert an ordinary drinking helmet into a medieval helm worthy of a true beer guzzling warrior. DucttapeNinja based this particular design on Gimli’s helm from Lord of the Rings, but…

io9 Lauren Davis

Steampunk Predator helmet is perfect for your Victorian era trophy hunt

Predators aren’t all that concerned with blending in with human society (why blend in when you can cloak yourself?), but if one was looking for a bit of the steampunk aesthetic, it might don this metallic helmet. Skunkworks Props sculpted this helmet, which, despite its hand-forged look, is actually cast in fiberglass. That makes it…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Ultimate Triathlon Outfit For Under $1,000

There are some significant barriers to entry in a triathlon. Physical fitness is one thing. What about all that gear? People routinely drop thousands of dollars to get outfitted for the race. The investment—maybe even more than the 1500-meter swim—is enough to scare most people away. But doesn’t have to be like that. In a…

Reviews Brent Rose

12 Helmets from the Dark Ages of Football

Today’s high tech football kit may be magnitudes more protective than the bits of molded cow skin you see here but they’re not nearly as intimidating. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 early examples of these bad ass cranial caretakers. When you’re done knocking around in here, be sure to check out these armored…

Tech News David Galbraith - Oobject.com

Bluetooth Bike Helmet: Take Calls, Don’t Crash

It’s not enough to just ride a bike these days—you’ve got to be able to take calls, check the GPS, and skip tracks on a playlist. But with one hand on a gadget with the other on the handlebars, and you’re asking for an accident. The new Cardo BK-1 is a two-speaker Bluetooth headset that…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Helmet

I Can’t Believe The Acolyte‘s Cool Helmet Is Han’s Hoth Jacket All Over Again

You’ll Have to Wait for The Acolyte‘s Sick-Ass Villain Helmet to Become a Sick-Ass Toy

Horseback Riding Is More Dangerous Than Football, According to New Study

This Helmet Protects You From Your GoPro

Lightest Full-Face Helmet Ever Brings Motorcycle Safety To Bicycles

The $400,000 F-35 Pilot Helmet Can See Through the Pilot’s Aircraft

The new stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars Episode VII

Hands On With The World’s First HUD Motorcycle Helmet

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Motorcycle Safety Gear

The Army’s New Helmet Design Comes with Built-In A/C

The winners of the 2014 World Photography Awards

Renaissance-era knight’s helmet has a rooster’s head on its visor

Invisible helmet deploys instantly to save bikers’ lives

US Army’s new awesome helmet turns war into deadly video game

LiveMap: An F-35 Fighter Pilot Helmet for Motorcyclists

Gimli-inspired beer helmet lets you binge drink like a Dwarf

Steampunk Predator helmet is perfect for your Victorian era trophy hunt

The Ultimate Triathlon Outfit For Under $1,000

12 Helmets from the Dark Ages of Football

Bluetooth Bike Helmet: Take Calls, Don’t Crash

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions

Here’s the Perfect Excuse to See ‘Project Hail Mary’ Again

US Airlines Are Hiking Bag Fees Amid Iran War Oil Crisis

This Ridiculously Simple Trick Might Stop Gulls From Nabbing Your Lunch

‘Starfleet Academy’ Season 3 Could Have Done the ‘Voyager’ Sequel Episode of Robert Picardo’s Dreams

Judge Kills Lawsuit Against Infamous Study That Might Have Increased Teen Suicides

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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I Can’t Believe The Acolyte‘s Cool Helmet Is Han’s Hoth Jacket All Over Again

You’ll Have to Wait for The Acolyte‘s Sick-Ass Villain Helmet to Become a Sick-Ass Toy

Horseback Riding Is More Dangerous Than Football, According to New Study

This Helmet Protects You From Your GoPro

Lightest Full-Face Helmet Ever Brings Motorcycle Safety To Bicycles

The $400,000 F-35 Pilot Helmet Can See Through the Pilot’s Aircraft

The new stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars Episode VII

Hands On With The World’s First HUD Motorcycle Helmet

​Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Motorcycle Safety Gear

The Army’s New Helmet Design Comes with Built-In A/C

The winners of the 2014 World Photography Awards

Renaissance-era knight’s helmet has a rooster’s head on its visor

Invisible helmet deploys instantly to save bikers’ lives

US Army’s new awesome helmet turns war into deadly video game

LiveMap: An F-35 Fighter Pilot Helmet for Motorcyclists

Gimli-inspired beer helmet lets you binge drink like a Dwarf

Steampunk Predator helmet is perfect for your Victorian era trophy hunt

The Ultimate Triathlon Outfit For Under $1,000

12 Helmets from the Dark Ages of Football

Bluetooth Bike Helmet: Take Calls, Don’t Crash

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions

Here’s the Perfect Excuse to See ‘Project Hail Mary’ Again

US Airlines Are Hiking Bag Fees Amid Iran War Oil Crisis

This Ridiculously Simple Trick Might Stop Gulls From Nabbing Your Lunch

‘Starfleet Academy’ Season 3 Could Have Done the ‘Voyager’ Sequel Episode of Robert Picardo’s Dreams

Judge Kills Lawsuit Against Infamous Study That Might Have Increased Teen Suicides

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Motorcycle Safety Gear