for bikers: jacket turning signal
March 13, 2008
Safety first. Leah Buechley designed this using LED’s and her self-developed wearable e-textile technology, LilyPad Arduino. The controls are located on the wrist. I know I’d feel much safer street riding.
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james robertson | March 17, 2008 at 8:15 am
Hmmm – well I know I would feel much safer if the entire thing was in hi-viz colours and these signs were on the sleeves…
Most urban bikers stick their arms out to indicate the direction we are turning; add that to the fact that most of us also wear a backpack to stash our civvies and this is one of those “almost – but not quite..” inventions.. – a Zune as opposed to an iPhone if you like….
2. Paris Nice and Barrington « For Whom The Bonebell Tolls | March 17, 2008 at 8:54 am
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Dayne Batten | March 17, 2008 at 9:05 am
Wow. She keeps coming up with interesting stuff. Thanks for the post!
-Dayne
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momeld | March 17, 2008 at 9:16 am
@ James
Great point about the backpack. Seems like it could be an easy modification to re-locate the arrows further apart towards the shoulders or upper arm.
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