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Velalert

Awareness Technology for Bicyclists



Velo + Alert = Velalert

Radar technology shouldn't only be available for luxury automobiles and self-driving cars ... we cyclists need it too!

Over 50,000 cyclists in the US are killed or injured every year in an automobile accident.
 Dedicated bike lanes are making the roads much safer, but there's still a long way to go.
Imagine being alerted when a car is coming up behind you or is approaching in one of your blind-spots, giving you the ability to react before it's too late.
Technology that can not only help make you more aware, but alert the oncoming driver as well.
INTRODUCING
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Awareness Technology for Bicyclists

We're getting close to making this bicycle radar technology a reality, working now on our second functional prototype for some user-testing out on the road.
Here are a couple of pictures of our very first functional prototype, using an ultrasonic sensor.
first prototype casing for velalert bike radar
first functional prototype of velalert bicycle radar
This proved to be accurate for short distances, but not long enough distances to make Velalert a useful tool for bicyclists. So we shifted our focus to LIDAR and are now very close to version 2 of a functional bicycle radar prototype. 
These videos are of the first LIDAR system for Velalert being tested prior to mounting it on to a bicycle for more user-testing. We dubbed this guy the "Johnny Five" prototype in honor of his predecessor from the movie Short Circuit.
This latest LIDAR system will be ready for testing on a bicycle very soon and the initial results look very promising!

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Velalert (TM) is a registered trademark of Companion Bike Seat LLC.