Start-up Vanhawks is a Kickstarter project started with the sufficient money hopes to retrieve for the Valour, a “smart bicycle” which, thanks to built-in sensors, the cyclist navigation options and also the safety needs to increase.
The Valour-bike, which is built from carbon fiber and approximately 7kg weighs, features a variety of sensors, including gps, a magnetometer, accelerometer and a gyroscope. Also a bluetooth 4.0 module is integrated. The modules are recharged by a dynamo in the front wheel.
For the increase of the fietsveiligheid warns the Valour of the cyclist for the objects in the dead angle, for example an approaching car. If the software is an object signal, it will send light flickering. Through this haptic feedback would be the cyclist in time to be alerted to, for example, not to repel.
Valour-bikes can also mutually exchange information. So can the bike holes in road signaling and pass it. If the smart bike stolen, the owner can indicate this in the app. If another Valour bike, the stolen bike passes, then it will cycle and recognize. Then the location will be forwarded to the owner.
For the placing on the market of Valour are looking for the start-up Vanhawks a starting capital of $ 100,000. At the time of this writing, there are already more than 63,000 dollars, while there is yet to 31 may will be donated. This seems to be the chance of success of the project large.
The Valour is 999 dollars and should be in the autumn on the market.
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