I'm reasonably certain I saw a video of engineers (Giro, I think) who were building jigs specifically to test MIPS technology. My impressions? First, they take this stuff damned seriously, as they should. Second, they had an air of being skeptical about MIPS too, so they knew they had to test it.
The upshot, if I remember right, is that there are some types of falls where MIPS should offer a benefit, and other where it will make little or no difference.
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sced
I must say I'm skeptical. The only way to meaningfully test helmets would be maybe using crash test dummies under a lot of different crash scenarios like car companies do, and I don't think it's happened. MIPs smells strongly of an unproven idea. It is entirely plausible that they could be worse for reasons yet undiscovered.