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It’s a Shopping Bag! It’s a Helmet! It’s Both!

Here’s a Japanese invention: a reinforced reusable shopping bag that you can put on your head and use as a helmet in case of an earthquake. It’s both an interesting idea and borderline chindogu.

Joey deVilla

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