Helmet cameras may not be the safety risk in a crash that has previously been suggested. The BBC and UK Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) have performed impact tests on climbing helmets with cameras ...

As such, it may be safer to consider a top-mounted helmet camera as opposed to a side-mounted one. The Icon Airframe Statistic motorcycle helmet (pictured below) illustrates this well by showing ...

Most helmet cameras deliver somewhere between 640-by-480 and 769-by-494 resolution video, which is enough data to create an image that will look good when shown on a standard definition TV, and ...

These cameras need to stand up to the elements and also to being pelted by insects at 80 MPH. They need to attach securely to the helmet without interfering with vision or movement of the head.

Helmet cams aren't without their flaws, however. When mounted on a helmet, cameras like the GoPro Hero line sit square on top of the head, where they can be awkward and difficult to control.

Crocker was wearing a helmet camera that recorded the driver getting out of his vehicle and knocking him over on his bike. He showed the footage to the Floyd County police officer who responded to ...

Cameras like this are meant to move, so we didn't waste much time before slapping the +2 on the side of a helmet and taking it for a ride. First, though, we charged it up over mini-USB and hopped ...

Johnson installed his helmet camera on his own, as have an unknown number of firefighters and paramedics. Hayes-White said Johnson has been interviewed as part of an investigation into whether he ...

The question, if we might cut directly to the chase, is not whether you need a helmet cam. You don't, of course, any more than you need a battery-powered bicycle.

And, since the camera's internals still rotate 180 degrees independent of the exterior case, mounting on the side is no problem. Again, 1080p is the big news here, with the camera recording 30fps ...