Amazing new helmet coming out  By  UniqueSP (Read 2,233 times)

I do like the rear view camera! It has the potential for so many applications beyond bikes/scooters/motorcycles, such as infantry, police, firefighters, scuba divers, football and hockey players, extreme skiers, even individuals could benefit from a non-obtrusive rear view display perhaps in the brim of a hat. If it works as well as the video demo, and they can get the price point down to $500, I would be very tempted.

I don't like the redundancy of text being flashed on the display and being spoken, I would hope you could turn either off/on easily for your preference based on the situation.

Calm down Rob. I happen to agree with nulldevice, And I don't consider myself an "idiot"...Keep in mind you've been riding a very long time. Others like myself, this is all pretty new. Right now during this time of learning, I've developed a "KISS" philosophy...."Keep it simple stupid." For example, I only ride on roads that I am familiar with. When the option is available, I'll use back roads rather than the main road.I don't ride in the rain. Hearing music is not, imo, receiving "new information" . When in a car, I've caught myself getting lost in an old song that brought me back memories of my high school days...my mind sometimes wonders..which means I'm not giving full attention to the road.If you're above that, that's great, but please don't call people "idiots" who KISS

I'm sort of in the middle here, both on the helmet itself and concerning null's riding group.

The helmet--the rear view can be very useful in traffic. And the built-in GPS would be excellent--no fiddling with buttons, and no need to look away from the road for the directions. But it also might prove distracting to less-experienced riders. Or even more-experienced riders, if they let their attention wander.

The group--the way I read it, null's club had continuing issues with distracted driving. Which leads me to agree that yes, they were idiots who probably shouldn't be driving anything. But I suppose two wheels are better than four--less likely to injure someone else with their distracted driving. One or two instances of distraction, that I can understand. But a list of four distractions, and the implication that wasn't all--that's the attention span of gnats and, yes, idiots.

>'Kat, who promises not to play Tron lightcycles while wearing that helmet.

I thought it would annoy me, but I have a HUD and nav on my new ride (car) and it is awesome. Gonna try a new restaurant? Just press a button and say "navigate to 4827 4th street, Minneapolis MN" Bing, bang, boom....voice directions and nav queues on the windshield.

I don't own a cell phone so I don't care about phone calls, and really don't want one in traffic on a scooter.

But I agree that the cost of this is going to be ridiculous. I suppose the rear view is kind of cool but my mirrors are pretty good and I watch them relentlessly. It seems like it is for the guy who has a bunch of cash and like to show off the coolest toys.


I would be more interested in a couple helmets with an reasonable two way communications setup for rides with a friend. A couple of nice fm walkies can be had for $20 at Menards, but if you want that built into a helmet, the price goes up ten fold. Ridiculous.

The group was not that bad, but at the time the leadership was doing nothing about the problem riders and the membership was gearing up with electronic toys for the ride as well.

This helmet gives more than a "bit" of information while playing music, and none of it has anything to do with the immediate information that keeps the rider undamaged and alive, like pot holes, fresh road kill, sand, gravel, water, oil on the pavement, cross traffic, dog or deer on an intercept course, curve sharpness, camber of curve, speed and direction of vehicles in your vicinity . . . It is an expensive, distracting toy.

That would be a very cool "app" to have on a HUD! One that uses orientation sensors together with speed to warn if you are reaching an unstable stance, this could be achieve with a bluetooth connection to a smartphone.

OSR may be able to detect and warn against some road hazards like potholes and some other obstructions/safety-hazards, as well as giving an indicator of other vehicle's speed and direction, but that would require some heavy processing power more suitable to an on-the-bike installation with a bluetooth connection to the HUD, and I doubt a smartphone has enough power, so your talking more along the lines of a dedicated solution there.