EPISODE · Jan 16, 2024 · 3 MIN
Designers Put Airbags In Clothes To Protect People From Falls
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
Cars have had airbags for years; there are even inflatable airbag pants for motorcyclists. Now there are inflatable airbag clothing that can protect people who fall. Plus: a 19th century dress came with a strange coded message, but that message has now been decoded. Wearable Airbags Instantly Protect The Elderly When They Fall (DesignTaxi) A Woman Hid This Secret Code in Her Silk Dress in 1888—and Codebreakers Just Solved It (Popular Mechanics) Keep this show on its feet by backing Cool Weird Awesome on Patreon
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Cars have had airbags for years; there are even inflatable airbag pants for motorcyclists. Now there are inflatable airbag clothing that can protect people who fall. Plus: a 19th century dress came with a strange coded message, but that message has now been decoded. Wearable Airbags Instantly Protect The Elderly When They Fall (DesignTaxi) A Woman Hid This Secret Code in Her Silk Dress in 1888—and Codebreakers Just Solved It (Popular Mechanics) Keep this show on its feet by backing Cool Weird Awesome on Patreon
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