Eco Factor: Safety laser beam powered by bike movement.
A rise in the number of cars has led to an increase in the number of road accidents. While our cars are much safer now than they were a decade ago, bicycling still remains a risky way to commute. This problem is suffered principally in the big cities where thousands of cars, motorcycles, bikes and other vehicles share the same infrastructure.
Industrial designer Leonardo Manavella has come up with an ingenious product that could make bikes the safest and greenest way to commute. Known as the “Laser,” the system increases the size of a common bicycle with an elliptical beam of light and gives it a size similar to a car. The principal aim is that the bicyclists start to respect the same rights and restrictions as a car owner does and the car owners are tempted to respect the bicyclists.
The Laser consists of four adaptable objects that are connected to a common bicycle with an auto adhesive tape. Each product comes with a plastic case, a laser light, distance sensor, a spherical head to regulate the light, three horns and a rechargeable battery. The battery is recharged with the movement of the bicycle with a dynamo located in the wheels of the bike.
The laser light draws an ellipse on the floor increasing the size of the bike. If the sensor is violated, the laser light automatically becomes red and all the horns start to scream, in a way alerting the rider and the vehicle that entered the laser generated ellipse. Once the vehicle gets out of the perimeter, the light again turns green.
[Thanks: Leonardo Manavella]
