Scientists Build Wireless Bicycle Brakes 213
itwbennett writes "Computer scientists at a German university have built a set of brakes controlled using a small motor for a braking mechanism and a wireless signaling device to tell it when to brake and how hard. 'Making a popular set of bike brakes wasn't really the point of the project,' says blogger Kevin Fogarty. 'The project was to find out how to make the wireless connections between two components of a system that has to operate in real time – with milliseconds of difference between success and failure (PDF) – more reliable than systems that are normally connected by a wire.'"
Awesome... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Awesome... (Score:3, Funny)
Cut him a little slack. He may still be suffering from one of the other head injuries he had a while ago...
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And where do I buy the signalling device ? I would love to mount this on the side of my car, having all bikes around me lock up entirely, with hilarious results.
Joking aside, I do hope this guy thought about security.
Jackass (Score:5, Funny)
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bicycle's pollution control system
That's a different industry - Fruit of the Loom makes the filters, and Gas-X makes the fuel system additive.