Hello Bike is the name of a serial of my social media bike ideas. It will allow riders to do simple communication with each-other with their bikes.
My original idea was very simple. It is exactly what the top image shows: a rider will says Hello to everyone when he is through by. That looks like ridiculous, but if it is existed, it will make our social become more harmonious.
We know that it’s hard to say hello to everyone you are through by because you will feel embarrassed. Also when you ride, you have to focus on your way but not to see people who is on sidewalk.
Therefore, my idea for solving this problem is using a sensor to detect if there is a person on sideway. I tried to make prototype.
The sensor I used for my first try was Infrared Proximity Sensor. I found that was working well when nothing blocks infrared from the sensor to the sidewalk, but , you know, that is hard to find a sidewalk is without parked car, trees or pipes which all blocks my sensor to detect my target people. In short, I have to rectify my idea a little bit.
After my first protype was not good enough, I think I can use the infrared proximity sensor to detect if any other bikes are close to or through by you. When they are close to you in short destance, the sensor will know that and tell Arduino to operate a mini projector to post Hello word on the bike lane that looks as the same as the image below:
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