Have you ever wanted more airbags? Not just for people inside, but those individuals you decided to crash into while driving around town? Look no further than iSave, an experiment being conducted by Hiroshima based companies and a local university. The clever, or possibly not so clever setup is designed to work like your run of the mill airbags, quickly deflating upon contact to lessen the initial impact. Sounds like it could be interesting if the pedestrian hit doesn’t fly into the windshield, which unfortunately is still glass.
At the moment iSave is only available for electric cars in the three wheel variety, and scheduled to hit four wheelers around 2011, and pedestrians in the near future. The price tag for turning your car into mobile bounce house is estimated at around 17,800 dollars. I think ill opt for avoiding pedestrians, rather than forking out more than my cars worth in bubble wrap. Now when they come out with the quick acting foam bubble from Demolition Man, gimme a ring.