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An early-warning system for your bike.
- Source :
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IEEE Spectrum . Jul2015, Vol. 52 Issue 7, p22-23. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- In the summer months, I really enjoy riding a bike along some of the flatter roads and trails around my small Vermont town. But sharing some of those roads with cars can be a dicey proposition. There?s one dirt road in particular, where no matter how often I scan my mirror or sneak a look over my shoulder, it seems that sooner or later I get surprised by a car zipping by. I?ve often imagined fitting an ultrasonic sensor to the bike to warn me of incoming traffic, but most of those have a range of less than 10 meters, which is worse than even my mediocre human senses. A lidar?similar to a radar system, but with laser pulses instead of radio waves?would have the longer range I need, but lidars have traditionally been too expensive for my biking needs. ? This changed last year when startup PulsedLight, of Bend, Ore., announced Lidar-lite, a crowdfunded lidar detector less than half the size of a deck of cards, with a range of up to 40 meters and an accuracy of plus or minus 2.5 centimeters, all for US $89. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00189235
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Spectrum
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 103431667
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2015.7131685