In the past few years there have been attempts to create bicycles and helmets out of paper-based materials for cost efficiency. For the team behind the Paper Pulp Helmet, building helmets from ...

Paper helmets could be protecting the heads of cyclists in under 12 months according to one of their inventors, Thomas Gottelier. Paper Pulp Helmets are a type of cheap, disposable bicycle helmet made ...

Bike sharing schemes have become a familiar feature in many major cities around the world. They are designed to help free up increasingly clogged urban roads and ease congestion on public transport ...

One major complaint against bike shares, such as New York’s Citi Bike program, is that it’s just not safe to flood the city with bicyclists without requiring the use of helmets. Could inexpensive, ...

Bike helmets made out of paper — yes, paper — very well could save lives, make Citi Bike safer and get Isis Shiffer very rich. The idea is simple enough, if you have some basic engineering knowledge: ...

Bike-share programs are on a roll across the United States. The programs are especially popular with city commuters who want to skip the crowded bus, hop on a rented bike and pedal. Unfortunately, ...

If you’ve ever used New York’s Citi Bikes or London’s Boris bikes, you probably rode sans-helmet. New York design student Iris Shiffer is looking to solve this problem with a disposable, ...

Many cities around the world — from New York City to Buenos Aires — are investing more in bike share systems as a form of public transportation. But the bikes don't come with helmets, so riders must ...

Isis Shiffer’s life revolves around bikes. While working at Bilenky Cycle Works in Philadelphia, she designed custom bikes. Each one had its own artful flair—a tiny metal manta ray delicately perched ...

James Titcomb is The Telegraph's Technology Editor and has covered the tech industry for a decade from Silicon Valley and London. He can be reached at james.titcomb@telegraph.co.uk and on X at ...