Another American invention: a glowing smart bicycle helmet helps you quickly locate public bike-sharing stations
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2014-05-12
Another American invention: a glowing smart bicycle helmet helps you quickly locate public bike-sharing stations
Currently, the network of free Citi Bike rental stations in New York City is quite extensive. However, for users, especially those unfamiliar with the local environment, it is not easy to quickly locate these rental stations on a map.
Now, the smart helmet project launched by Adafruit company can solve this problem well. This Adafruit smart helmet is equipped with an Arduino_based Flora system chip and a positioning device, and is also equipped with a string of dazzling NeoPixel LEDs as indicator lights. Users only need to follow the flashing of the LEDs on the helmet to know where to go next.
Previously, if users wanted to find a bicycle rental station, they had to manually input coordinates and location. Now, due to its open-source nature, this smart helmet can be compatible with most bicycle sharing systems. As long as you can accept the flashing lights on the helmet, this smart helmet will definitely make it very easy for you to find any Citi Bike rental station in New York City.
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