Head Games: Could Recycled Newspaper Save Your Noggin?

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By Paula FelpsOct 24, 2013, 8:51 am111 pts
The Paper Pulp Helmet is designed to provide head safety to occasional bike riders. Its creators hope to have it on shelves in the U.K. by Spring 2014. Photo: Paper Pulp Helmet Paper or plastic? That may be the question for bike helmets in the future. Three designers from the Royal College of Art in London have…

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