Shellios Technolabs, a Delhi-based start-up that has developed a Bluetooth-enabled helmet christened ‘Puros’ has partnered a top-tier two-wheeler manufacturer, to commercialise the next version of the product. The company had earlier signed commercialisation deals with leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for the helmet.
The product, at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) level 9, has been granted a utility patent and is now being sold in all parts of the country priced at Rs 4,500. The end-users of the product include individual riders all over India.
The startup has received seed funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and was incubated at Science and Technology Entrepreneur Park (JSSATE-STEP) Noida.
This helmet comes with an active air purifier consisting of a Brushless DC (BLDC) blower fan, High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter membrane, electronic circuit, and micro-USB charging port and lets the rider know when the helmet requires cleaning.
The purifying system set at the back of the helmet picks up all particulate matter coming from outside and cleans the air before it reaches the helmet user. The helmet meets the government standards and weighs just 1.5kg and claims to cuts down on the pollution by more than 80% (measured using a controlled environment).
Amit Pathak, co-founder, Shellios Technolabs said, “We were disturbed by the health impacts of the air quality situation on the people on the roads, especially the millions of two-wheeler riders who were having prolonged daily exposures and that too, to a double whammy of particulate matter and vehicular emissions in the air that they breathe.”
