'World's most intelligent helmet' vies for Kickstarter funding

Indicators, as already pointed out, useless. And brake light? It seems as if the case for them is "cars have brake lights, bikes should too". But the factors which make brake lights useful for cars simply do not apply to bikes.
When I'm driving behind another car, when it brakes I suddenly catch up with it and will hit it unless I notice it has braked and slow down accordingly.
When I am driving behind a bike I am in any case closing the gap and looking to pass the bike with a good lateral margin - I am not following behind in its wheel track like I would for a car. Whether the bike brakes or not is of little consequence to my actions as a driver, it changes the relative dynamics between us only marginally.
If anything, having a helmet mounted light switching on and off will not be understood as a brake light and is only likely to distract my attention from the task of passing the cyclist safely.

How come a helmet with bells and whistles doesn't have bells or whistles?

I am constantly amazed at how these crowd-funded, pop-up designers manage to try and gadgetize cycling.  

I think this fails in the most basic and obvious way:  there is no bicycle integrated with it.   Also it lacks an engine.  People will get wet riding to work in it and it will take a long time due to the absence of wheels.

Surely as long as it's wrapped around something smart then all the tech is redundant.

What is the point of this 'When a vehicle overtakes you a little LED lights up on side which the vehicle is passing', so everytime a vehicle overtakes me the little LED lights up....so what?.  On my commute loads of vehicles overtake me, some closer than I would like but most are ok.  So what does having a little LED on the side of my helmet light up each time acheive....nothing really because if I'm any sort of cyclist at all then wouldn't I know that a vehicle is overtaking me.  More to the point, what am I supposed to do about a vehicle overtaking me that a little blinky LED is going to help.  If the vehicle gives me plenty of room and overtakes safely then no issue, if the vehicle overtakes too close but doesn't actually hit me then ok close pass but thanks for the warning blinky LED and if the vehicle hits me from behind then the little blinky LED has done **ck all to keep me safe.

Helmet mounted indicators are a waste of time because unless as someone else has said you time trial your way everywhere then the almost constant movement of your head will render them useless as a means of informing anyone of your intentions.

I just wish people would stop trying to 'smart' everything so it can be connected to a phone, maybe sometimes a helmet is just that, a helmet and not a 'smart' helmet.

Unless your position and movemnet on the bike is time trial esque then most of the video will be crap...

Brexit saves UK from mind control helmet!

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Fantastic, a chance for another helmet debate as a little light relief from Brexit.

At first I thought ugly as all hell.

Then it started to look quite nice, the shape and colour of the helmet overall is classy and stylish.

Then I saw the back of it. Oh hell no.

Get all that crap on the back in cleared out lenses like a modern car has for a start.

Not a product aimed at me for sure, but they could easily make it better looking.

Expecting other road users to respect a pair of flashing indicators on a pivoting head is a bit unrealistic.

Ditch the useless indicators and the rest of it is fairly useful.

#toomuchtechnology

Seriously: I don't use Strava or satnav; my phone is in my bag when I ride; why would I want to wear a helmet with all these bells and whistles? Too much tech, too much to go wrong, IMO.

Interesting idea, but apart from the obvious looks problem, I wonder how many of those signed up realize they are going to be paying $100 a year to access their videos through the "Classon Club":

What's included in the "Classon Club" Subscription?

Helmet Replacement: If your helmet gets damaged in an accident, we will send you a new one. For free!
Video Access: Get access to the video you record with your helmet. Edit, share with friends and it could also be useful in the event of an accident.

....When in production the "Classon Club" Subscription will be $99 a year or $9.99 a month.

How long before people start calling cyclists irresponsibly selfish for not wearing "smart" helmets? It took about about fifteen years for the same to be happen with "dumb" helmets, from the first viable but sweaty mushroom-head EPS models appearing on the market. But, with the echo chamber of modern social-media-driven public discourse, I reckon that time lag will be greatly reduced.

Ugly as f..k. Looks like a duck's beak. IMHO seriously overpriced.

And that's before you talk about all the stupid gizmos.

And cue debate about the need for helmets......

Looks alright in many ways. IF those kickstarter prices are met, then it will be good for the buyers. I'm quite sceptical of the pricing though given the price of something like the Fly6 light.