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TheSmiler
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PostPosted: 15:27 - 07 Feb 2014    Post subject: Smart Headlights Reply with quote
Was looking at bulbs online just and came across this Smart Headlight anyone seen them before or used them. Seem amazing especially for people who ride motorbikes.

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ILIM/projects/IL/smartHeadlight/

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/files/2012/07/Smart-headlights-blog-2.jpg
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mikesaa309
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PostPosted: 15:57 - 07 Feb 2014    Post subject: Re: Smart Headlights Reply with quote
TheSmiler wrote:
Was looking at bulbs online just and came across this Smart Headlight anyone seen them before or used them. Seem amazing especially for people who ride motorbikes.

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ILIM/projects/IL/smartHeadlight/

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/files/2012/07/Smart-headlights-blog-2.jpg


That's pretty clever. Would be a massive help to bikers like you said. Although what's more annoying is having rain drops on your visor at night and the car head lights coming the other way, covers your visor in hundreds of little lights.
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Andy_Pagin
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PostPosted: 16:19 - 07 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's ingenious, though I suspect cost would be a whopping factor in getting to production. Still what appears on high end Mercs and Rollers today eventually filters down to the rest of us. Good luck to them.
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mikesaa309
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PostPosted: 16:22 - 07 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Speaking of smart things, in the near future when all cars have auto drive, do you reckon the technology would be safer than the majority of car drivers?
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PostPosted: 16:49 - 07 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
iv been looking into something to increase the brightness and the only worth while options seems to be a HID kit and the only option that actually makes a noticable differance
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PostPosted: 20:39 - 07 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Suspect it'd have issues on your typical bike/road, never mind randomly moving snow flakes in wind. Note the 'latency' period at the top - now introduce vibrations, bumps in the road I can see you at points getting a flashing as it has to catch up and blank they out again.
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PostPosted: 15:35 - 08 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
mikesaa309 wrote:
Speaking of smart things, in the near future when all cars have auto drive, do you reckon the technology would be safer than the majority of car drivers?


Sadly, yes. Probably quicker too if each vehicle is aware of all others in the vicinity.
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lihp
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PostPosted: 15:37 - 08 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hopefully bikes will become smart enough to ride themselves soon, then smiler can stop crashing Laughing
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Andy_Pagin
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PostPosted: 17:08 - 08 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I see a career opportunity for Smiler - test driver for vehicles with self-drive technology. If Smiler can't crash 'em - by heck its gonna be a winner Wink
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PostPosted: 10:54 - 09 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Andy_Pagin wrote:
I see a career opportunity for Smiler - test driver for vehicles with self-drive technology. If Smiler can't crash 'em - by heck its gonna be a winner Wink


The above post made me do a quick BCF search. I found this thread https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=248600&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 and it's fecking hilarious. Sorry, mate but you really don't seem cut out for operating machinery.
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