Bug Labs is up for a Best of CES award for Emerging Technology with their Tinker Toy-related system.
The components could possibly make a bike-related mobile device: there’s built-in WiFi, open source software, and modules including GPS and an Accelerometer/Motion Sensor. Mount it on the bike, track your ride, and blog away.
Question is what would you make for your bike with emerging technology?
I just want a Polar Wireless speed monitor that actually picks up when I start rolling. I’ve got 2 bikes with them and neither work that well.
Good point … my new Polar 725x adds distance to the display and removes the auto/on and off feature. It’s supposed to counter the always on with zeroing out the non ride time in the coaching software. If that’s true, I can’t tell or find it in the documents or preferences.
Add a mountable camera to the tinker toy set. I’d love to take pictures under certian conditions and link them back to my route map.
They do have a camera module that you can tag with the GPS and upload wirelessly…
Ain’t technology nifty?
Here’s what I want: A “Commuter’s Black Box”. I think all the parts are available, so here’s what I’m thinking:
The thought is that you’ll have irrefutable proof of jackass drivers for any incident. You’ll have license plate numbers, location, time, etc. All rolled up. If you have no issues - you just wipe it and start another day. The coup would be to get police departments to take “Black Box Footage” as grounds for a citizens citation of some sort. You can report Carpool lane violators - why not angry anti-cyclist drivers?
Atm i am probably going to geek out my bike with a gumstix\1wire setup.
not as pretty as the bug but i think it is more practical for me
that and i intend to hide it somewhere on the bike most of the time.