Aug 25
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The SPEED-VEST is a bicycle safety device which displays the rider’s current speed on their back. The vest was designed by Brady Clark and engineered by Mykle Hansen, and has just won the Hub Bike Shop’s Bike Gadget contest in Minneapolis, MN.
The vest functions via a wheel sensor, a numeric display, and a small computer to do the processing. The device can run for 6 hours on a 9 volt battery (I suggest rechargeables if you intend on buying one). The numeric display is composed of electro-luminescent wire – by CoolLight dot com – that glows brightly with a very low voltage.
To read more on how the vest was designed, check out this article at mykle dot com.
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