Comment by s1mon

Comment by s1mon a day ago

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There are a number of commercial solutions in this space. It's weird when there's a press release like this that acts like their solution is completely novel and unrelated to anything else.

Roadio has front and rear facing cameras with AI driven object detection to help keep cyclists and motor scooter riders safer.

https://www.roadio.com

Garmin (amongst others) has had a rear mounted radar (and bike light) system for a while. They also have one with a camera built in.

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/698001/

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/721258/

froddd 18 hours ago

Roadio is primarily a camera and costs around $265 USD. The Garmin is also a camera and also costs over $300 USD. Neither reports to a central service to map the results for other users.

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jibal 15 hours ago

Read beyond the title ... none of those have anything to do with this.

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  • s1mon 6 hours ago

    It's a pair of handlebar mounted sensors which show how closely cars have passed by. The biggest difference is in the crowd sourced data about general safety of roads. That's really a feature which could be added to most of the existing systems. The hardware is all about tracking how close vehicles are to a bike. That's the same problem radar and camera systems are solving and have been solving for a while. The article acts like the sensors are novel - which they are not.

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