Complex Blog » Prop http://www.complex.com/blogs Buy. Collect. Obsess. The original buyer's guide for men. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Japanese Airbag Jacket Will Break Your Fall http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/09/26/japanese-airbag-jacket-will-break-your-fall/ http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/09/26/japanese-airbag-jacket-will-break-your-fall/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:24:22 +0000 treats http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/09/26/japanese-airbag-jacket-will-break-your-fall/ peoplesairbag.jpg
Crying out “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” is pretty pointless if no one’s around to hear it. But now clumsy old folks (and drunk young people) have a little extra protection when they take the inevitable spill'at this year’s International Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibition, Tokyo-based company Prop unveiled a jacket equipped with multiple airbags.

When the user begins a backwards descent, the $1,400 strap-on product will inflate a bag behind the head and hips in an impressive 0.1 seconds, cushioning the fall. But be warned: if you collapse face-first, you’re fucked. Watch a demo video of he jacket in action below…

[BBC via One Inch Punch]

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