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There are a number of commercial solutions in this space. It's weird when there's a press release like this that acts like their solution is completely novel an
by s1mon 1y ago
There are a number of commercial solutions in this space. It's weird when there's a press release like this that acts like their solution is completely novel and unrelated to anything else.
Roadio has front and rear facing cameras with AI driven object detection to help keep cyclists and motor scooter riders safer.
https://www.roadio.com https://www.roadio.com
Garmin (amongst others) has had a rear mounted radar (and bike light) system for a while. They also have one with a camera built in.
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/698001/ https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/698001/
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/721258/ https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/721258/
- froddd 1y agoRoadio is primarily a camera and costs around $265 USD. The Garmin is also a camera and also costs over $300 USD. Neither reports to a central service to map the results for other users.
- Ylpertnodi 1y agoStrava has heat maps.
- jibal 1y agoRead beyond the title ... none of those have anything to do with this.
- s1mon 1y agoIt's a pair of handlebar mounted sensors which show how closely cars have passed by. The biggest difference is in the crowd sourced data about general safety of roads. That's really a feature which could be added to most of the existing systems. The hardware is all about tracking how close vehicles are to a bike. That's the same problem radar and camera systems are solving and have been solving for a while. The article acts like the sensors are novel - which they are not.
- jibal 1y ago"The biggest difference is in the crowd sourced data about general safety of roads." That's entirely what it's about. No one is saying that sensors are novel. "That's really a feature which could be added to most of the existing systems." Obviously not.