This personal airbag could help protect hip injuries. It's called the Hip'Air. The concept is being developed by Helite, a company that specializes in airbag protection. Here's how it can protect ...

It later emerged that the fatal injuries could have been inflicted by the faulty airbag on her Honda Accord. Tran bought her Honda secondhand, and may not have been aware that the airbag issue had ...

Although the risk of fatal injury is low in this case, without the Active Heel Airbag there is a high probability of serious leg and foot injuries. "The Active Heel Airbag helps to ensure an ...

This personal airbag could help protect hip injuries. It's called the Hip'Air. The concept is being developed by Helite, a company that specializes in airbag protection. Here's how it can protect ...

Honda has confirmed that the driver of a 2003 Civic was harmed when the car's airbag inflator ruptured and sprayed shrapnel. The injuries were reportedly to the person's neck. Honda has indicated ...

A company called ZF Lifetec (owned by the same company that makes the gearbox in a 3 Series) is touting its new Active Heel Airbag system, designed to increase protection against injuries in front ...

Credit: ZF Friedrichshafen AG. ZF Lifetec has introduced the Active Heel Airbag, a new safety feature aimed at reducing the risk of foot and lower leg injuries for front-seat occupants in vehicles.

Airbag design has benefited from decades of head injury research, and as a result “modern vehicles do an excellent job of protecting vehicle occupants’ heads,” IIHS senior research engineer ...

In preparation of a future of robot car driving, ZF’s Lifetec division has created the world’s first Active Heel Airbag and yes, this is now apparently a Thing. Your heels haven't been given ...