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For night riders, raising millions of LED helmets is just safe?

Tencent digital news, for most night riding enthusiasts, night cycling, although very pleasant, but there are certain security risks. The most serious of these was that drivers were unable to judge the direction of night riders in the dark and could not even observe the night riders.

Many intelligent hardware equipment manufacturers also recognize this problem, so the introduction of a variety of bicycle accessories, to ensure the safety of cyclists. The day before, a "Lumos" intelligent bicycle helmet, the built-in brakes, steering and helmet light can greatly improve the safety index of cyclists riding a bike at night.

In appearance, Lumos is not much different from traditional bike helmets. However, it has a variety of indicator bands that clearly show the riders' different riding intentions in the dark. The front of the Lumos helmet is equipped with a white light that illuminates the road ahead of the night rider. The rear side is clearly much more complicated, with a yellow warning light, along with a red steering light and a brake light.

Lumos helmet built-in rechargeable battery, through the micro USB port charging half an hour can be full, each full battery life is about a week. In addition, this helmet is waterproof, so it can be used easily even in rainy days.

As an intelligent helmet, the Lumos can activate the built-in lights via wireless remote controls on the handlebars. However, Lumos also built speed sensors, when the speed of the car was detected, the brake lights at the back of the helmet were automatically lit.

The Lumos smart helmet has been landing on the 14 day, raising the public website Kickstarter fund-raising, the public raised the target amount of $125000 (equivalent to about 776 thousand yuan RMB), the congregation raised the first day, that is, to complete all the chips. As of press time, it has successfully raised more than 191000 U.S. dollars (equivalent to about 1 million 185 thousand and 800 yuan). If all goes well, it is expected to start shipping on April 2016.

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