Just having a flick around the front page of Slashdot and saw this post and thought I'd add my two pence! (This is my first Slashdot post...)
Just thought it may be of interest that in the UK you can already get stuff like this. My colleague has a similar system but cruder in operation. It simply attaches him to the bike via a short, fine cable. Get on the bike, plug yourself in, "arm" the system and you're off. If you have an accident, the cable comes out of it's socket, breaks a circuit and the jacket fires its internal airbag.
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Just having a flick around the front page of Slashdot and saw this post and thought I'd add my two pence! (This is my first Slashdot post...)
Just thought it may be of interest that in the UK you can already get stuff like this. My colleague has a similar system but cruder in operation. It simply attaches him to the bike via a short, fine cable. Get on the bike, plug yourself in, "arm" the system and you're off. If you have an accident, the cable comes out of it's socket, breaks a circuit and the jacket fires its internal airbag.
G