![]() Nearly 99 times out of 100, WaveCel can help prevent concussions from common cycling accidents.* This three-step change in material structure-flex, crumple, glide-is remarkably effective at dispersing the energy from an impact. On impact, the layers of the WaveCel material move independently and flex until the cell walls crumple and then glide, actively absorbing direct and rotational energy and redirecting it away from your head. Unlike a standard foam helmet, which is designed to protect against direct impacts, WaveCel accounts for how most cycling accidents actually happen-ungracefully, with twists, turns, and angled impacts. Madey and Bottlang and Trek and Bontrager's Research & Design teams. ![]() The creation of Bontrager WaveCel helmets is the result of a four-year partnership between Drs. Michael Bottlang, who have collaborated for the past 25 years and pioneered advances in fracture care, thoracic and pelvic trauma, and head injury prevention. Steve Madey and biomechanical engineer Dr. It was developed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. WaveCel is a collapsible cellular material that lines the inside of Bontrager WaveCel helmets. Trek and Bontrager have unveiled a groundbreaking helmet technology called WaveCel, which is proven to be up to 48x more effective than standard EPS foam at preventing concussions from common cycling accidents.* Trek and Bontrager's new helmet technology disrupts safety standards I also think we are decades if not centuries from having such technology, last time I checked they were able to make graphene flakes the size of milimeters. ![]() ![]() Guys who discovered graphene were also awarded fastest Nobel prize ever, only 5 or 6 years after the discovery when everyone was saying this material will change the world without any proofs, 10 years after that price there is still no proof about changing the worldĪbout the strength of graphene, if you would somehow be able to make each part of the bike from layers of graphene - think how carbon frames are made from layers that are basically held together by epoxy - but then each layer would be actually one complete molecule, I believe such frame would last forever. Graphene made huge impact in science some 15 years ago when it was first discovered as it was first pure 2D material, before that 2D materials were assumed to only exist on substrates. If someone would be able to develop graphene for industrial applications it would be the likes of Northrop Grumman or spaceX, definitely not Trek ![]()
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