CycloDiamond

description

CycloDiamond brings night safety to bicycles. Addressing the issue of lack of visibility in low light situations is my primary goal for this project. It is a bicycle vest with LED signals on the back to make cyclists more visible to other road users. Riding a bicycle at night can be dangerous since hand signals are not effective in the dark, and can lead to fatal accidents. Over 45% of bicycle related accidents occure during the night.

I have used six bright red LED strips and an Arduino Lilypad, a wearable micro-controller board to control the signals of right, left, and stop. All of the materials used including the fabrics for CycloDiamond are water resistant, great for the rainy season in Vancouver.
CycloDiamond is activated by buttons mounted on the handle bar, tilted 15 degrees towards the cyclist's hand for easy access.