Atlanta-Based SKULLY Technologies Resurrects Smart Motorcycle Helmet

A SKULLY “smart” motorcycle helmet rests on a display at the company’s grand opening in Northeast Atlanta. The company says it’s the first of its kind to go to market.

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It’s been almost four years since San Francisco-based SKULLY Inc. promised investors through the crowdfunding website Indiegogo it would build the world’s first smart motorcycle helmet.

Instead, its owners allegedly blew the money on sports cars and strip clubs, leaving helmetless those who pitched in $1,500 toward the project.

But almost two years after folding, SKULLY was resurrected, thanks to the efforts of co-founders Ivan Contreras and Rafael Contreras, who also chose to locate the company’s headquarters to Atlanta.