Spotted via the ever interesting (if totally unrelated to boarding) website hackaday, where clever people do clever things to other things in a geeky, yet fun way.
The bike brake light senses you slowing down is clever in the sense that it is activated via deceleration measured by the accelerometer, rather than mechanical means, and thus could be utilised by a boarder without any mechanical alterations whatsoever.
Who would use it? I'm thinking maybe a longboarder for the benefit of traffic, or for mountain boarders where it is not obvious if the guy in front is applying the brake or not???
Perhaps the bigger questions are where would a brake light be mounted, or whether more investigation should be made into headlights, particularly as its getting dark around 5pm these days!
A direct link here with video.
2 comments:
Imagine it not only night bX races but also break lights on riders. Since this is a polite blog I'm going to say mounted on the shoulders :-)
No need to be polite! Just crap that its dark so early these days. Its either leave work early or weekends. We need a torch review - can Remolition can get some freebies?? :D
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