Haptic Bicycle Navigation — Feel the way to go
My preferred type of transportation is the bicycle. You move fast through the streets of a busy city, don’t burn any fossil energy and do a workout — all good arguments for using the bicycle.
But I experienced that it can be hard to navigate in unknown areas and observed common practices: you either use headphones to get audio instructions, you have a fancy phone mount, or you pull your phone out of your pocket every few turns. But let’s face it: You should not look down on your phone. You should not wear any headphones. And you should never ride with one hand or even worse any hands.
“Any distraction from the road is dangerous!”
So, what can we do to keep our focus on the road? — Let smart technology help us! This is the challenge I set myself. I started to prototype and built a first rough version of Safety Handlebars. Find more details on my blog.
