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ICEdot (In Case of Emergency)
Could be useful? Thoughts?
http://gizmodo.com/5941994/this-tiny-yellow-stic...
The Tiny Yellow Sticker That Detects Accidents and Alerts Your Emergency Contacts
Expanding on its product line which makes it easy for someone to find your emergency contacts if you're injured, ICEdot (In Case of Emergency) is taking the idea one step further. Working with a company called SenseTech LLC, it's developing a tiny helmet sensor that knows when you've been in an accident, how severe it was, and automatically triggers your phone to call for help.
When it's available sometime next year with an estimated price tag of around $200, the advanced ICEdot monitor will attach to any bike helmet and use motion and impact sensors to intelligently determine if the wearer has been involved in an accident. Using the new Bluetooth low-energy profile it maintains a constant connection to a smartphone app so that when an accident occurs, it can automatically alert the rider's emergency contacts with the time and GPS coordinates of the incident.
And to avoid false positives, since there's always the chance a dropped helmet could be misconstrued as a nasty tumble, the app initiates an emergency countdown which can be manually aborted in the event nothing actually happened. If you ride in a big city where the 'mind your own business' mentality prevails, this could be the perfect accessory if no one comes to your rescue after a crash. [ICEdot via GearJunkie]
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Rally Australia cars use a device that activates about 20 seconds after you stop moving which raises an alarm in other vehicles. The idea is that if you crash the other cars are warned automatically to slow down. I'm not sure exactly how it works.
Also, in some mine sites, every vehicle has a GPS device that transmits its location to every other vehicle and if you get within 100 metres or so of someone it sounds a warning alarm. It was originally developed as an anti-collision device for gliders.
Nice one, could work… but $200 estimated price tag, that a bit a much.
I'm waiting for the IDIOTdot, with an app which tells you what line to take so you don't crash in the first place...
The glider warning system you mention is called FLARM (http://www.flarm.com/) and is pretty much mandatory at many gliding clubs in Europe. It works by each glider sending out a location signal which is plotted on a clock like display in the cockpit. I was strongly encouraged to fit it to my glider especially for use when mountain flying where a white glider against a white peak can be next to impossible to spot...
I wonder if me dropping my helmet every other day would send out messages saying I am just clumsy and not to worry!