What started in 2017 as a Master's thesis on an airbag to reduce serious injuries in cyclists is about to hit the market. After confirming the potential of a system integrated into the helmet, Marc Millet, Nil Oleaga, and Lucas Llobet founded Evix in 2019, with the aim of materializing an airbag that, coupled with the helmet, is activated by AI in the event of an accident to protect the cyclist's neck before impact.
This pioneering intelligent safety system is preparing to hit the market, working on the industrialization of its technology with the helmet brands in which it will be integrated. "We are working with various brands, and with several, we are in a final stage to start working and for them to integrate our technology," with the forecast that it will hit the market in 2025, Millet explains to The New Barcelona Post.
A mountain bike enthusiast, Millet now leads a company with a staff of six workers focused on bringing their solution to cyclists, through technology that has medical and scientific validation. Through the Evix system, the airbag inflates in 100 milliseconds through an artificial intelligence accident detection algorithm, with the aim of reducing the probability of suffering cervical injuries in the event of an accident, which represent the most frequent serious damage in cyclist accidents.
The airbag has been designed to interfere as little as possible with the cyclist's usual routineEvix's technology has been developed based on scientific and medical criteria and data, and allows reducing hyperflexion movement of the neck by up to 35% in the event of an accident. Furthermore, it is a system that could be extrapolated to any other activity that requires a helmet and may involve a risk of cervical injury, such as horse riding, motorcycling, or snow sports.
With the aim of integrating more easily into cycling practice, it has been conceived to interfere as little as possible with the usual routine, which is why it has been chosen to integrate it into an element that is already part of its daily life: the indispensable helmet, to which it adds only 180 extra grams and a slight increase in volume.
Millet, who defines himself as someone conscious of his safety after a motorcycle accident he suffered, highlights without detailing amounts that they have combined both public and private funding to boost the project, which recently won the Mapfre Foundation Social Innovation Award in the sustainable mobility category. "We have raised the necessary capital and we are reaching a good port," Millet concluded, who trusts that his technology will reach cyclists next year to increase their safety.
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