Wednesday, December 10, 2014

COBI transform an ordinary bike into a smart bike navigation and activity tracker [video]

German startup iCradle successfully collected money for the release of COBI, which gives any bike set of intelligent features. COBI enables using a smartphone to track speed, distance, calories burned, check the weather, get navigation instructions and interact with various web services. All users can view information on the display of your smartphone.
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COBI runs on mobile devices running iOS or Android. The gadget is placed in a protective case on the steering wheel, which contains a removable battery capacity of 6000 mAh, front running lights and a set of sensors - an accelerometer, barometer, altimeter and a light sensor.
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The system also includes rear light, acting as a stoplight and turn indicator and the master controller, fastening on the steering wheel. On your smartphone, you must install a mobile application. The components can communicate with each other via Bluetooth or ANT +.
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In addition to these functions, COBI also may play a role velosignalizatsii working on the basis of the accelerometer. Quite a bit to move the bike and makes a very loud alarm signal and send to your smartphone notice.
iCradle already collected necessary to start producing new items $ 100,000 and even exceeded the plan. Order online Kickstarter device can be priced at $ 160 .
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