DETROIT -- Smart airbag systems may work with test dummies, but they are proving no match for humans. The systems are supposed to detect the size, weight and position of a front-seat passenger to ...

A company called Key Safety Systems is responsible for the development of the TickerTape airbag, which is armed with sensors to determine an occupant’s position so that it may inflate accordingly. The ...

Automotive airbag triggers incorporate a high degree of intelligence, as well as analog sensitivity and mixed-signal functionality. Today, smart airbags have occupant-detection features and inflate to ...

Motorcycle airbags are the latest in technology to help protect riders during crashes. Check out these fine options.

Motorcycles aren’t safe machines; just ask the author’s doctors. However, with the right gear, your safety can be substantially increased. A jacket, helmet, gloves, boots, denim, or full-on race suit ...

Ducati’s 2021 gear line will include a Jacket with a smart airbag system to keep you safe in the event of a crash! Their 2021 gear line included a few re-branded items including racing suits, helmets, ...

FIVE YEARS AGO ENGINEER TONY Corrado was busy designing smart bombs for the military. Then he heard the first reports of how the explosive power of car airbags was causing injuries and death. As he ...

The vest can be work inside a riding jacket as seen here or over the top of it; it will still work the same way. Dainese was kind enough to send me a Smart Jacket to test, but like helmets, armored ...

Electronics suppliers are gearing up for the deployment of “smart” air bags in 2003, even as automakers' lingering doubts about the technology's rollout readiness threaten to deflate the market.

More than a year ago, sport protection company In&motion debuted an airbag vest for skiers that was also named as a CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree. For CES 2017, the company has applied its airbag ...

When we first heard about Dainese’s new Smart Jacket, two thoughts came to mind almost simultaneously: Wow, that’s kind of a misleading name, and Wow, that’s a great idea. The former, of course, stems ...