Just recently we published a review of an MTB helmet by Bontrager with so-called MIPS technology. This technology aims at mitigating the effect of oblique (sideways) impact to the brain when you smash your head to the floor. There has been more and more attention and also knowledge developing about the effects of this kind of impact on the brain and the consequences that can go on for days, weeks and even months. More and more brands have been applying the MIPS solution to this issue to their helmets.
POC
POC the well- known Swedish manufacturer of high-end protective materiaal have developed their own technology. With their POC lab they have a research and development branch continuously searching for better solutions to make better protective materials to save lives and/or reduce the consequences of crashes.SPIN
The product they developed is a number of SPIN pads that are placed in strategic places within a helmet. The pad itself is able to move in a lateral direction, enabling the helmet to move a bit relative to your head. In that way, the oblique or rotational impact is “shared” over the brain and lessens the consequence of that rotational “violence”.
Moreover, the SPIN pads will be applied in stead of pads that they already use in their helmets, so there is no extra components (such as is the case with the MIPS technology. I have to add here that using a MIPS helmet regularly the MIPS construction does not bother me at all).

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