Cool fusion of technology for motorcycles -- hat tip to Gizmodo for this link. Available for Europe only for now but a simple thing to expand into the states:
(by Diode, they mean Light Emitting Diode or LED)
Speed Camera Warning GPS for Motorcycles!
Yes, the very first speed camera warning system that's perfectly legal to use in Europe, and that's based on GPS technology, finally makes the transition to motorcycles.
Back in June last year, I mentioned the French Inforad GPS system {link}, an innovative GPS that holds a downloadable database of all fixed radars and potential areas where mobile radars operate. When you ride close to an area where there's a radar, the system starts beeping and flashing a diode to warn you to slow down.
Well, the folks at Inforad have launched a MOTORCYCLE specific warning system! The new system consists of:
- A fixed unit, bolted on to your motorcycle (probably under the seat)
- A removable cartridge holder (the cartridge plugs into your computers USB port)
- A small antenna
- A diode on a 20 cm long tube
- A powerblock wired to your battery
The central unit is connected to the removable cartridge. If new radar positions are available on the internet, you connect the cartridge to the USB port of your computer and download them. The cartridge has enough memory to hold 10,000 radar positions.
Sheesh -- take a community speedtrap database, add Lat and Long and some 'glue-ware' and you are up and running... Very cool idea!
