These smart bikes can track your performance as you ride as well as offer directions and power themselves. Developed by Baidu, the Dubike is a high tech bicycle that does not have a motor but has many features Chinese cyclists could enjoy next year. A collaborative effort between Tsinghua University's Artistic and Industrial Design departments and Baidu's Institute of Deep Learning (IDL), the Dubike has no shortage of sensors.
From the pedal and heart rate and even seat pressure, the smart bikes send data to your smartphone using Bluetooth and track via an app. The handlebars house technology that can monitor your bike route and give directions. A "self-generation hub that converts kinetic into electrical energy" is what generates the electricity needed to keep these functions going.
IDL hope to launch the product in China by the end of 2015.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Self-powered Smart Vehicles
- The technology of self-generation hub can be implemented in other smart vehicles for generating energy
- App-enabled Bicycles
- An app-enabled bicycle can offer performance tracking and directions along with features such as music player and call notifications
- Internet of Things (iot) Bicycles
- Bicycles can be integrated with IoT technology for communication between different smart devices and sensors
Where This Applies
- Smart Transportation
- Self-powered, app-enabled, and IoT bicycles can disrupt the smart transportation industry by offering a new mode of sustainable and high-tech transportation
- Fitness and Health
- Technology-enabled bicycles can disrupt the fitness industry by offering comprehensive health tracking features and a sustainable workout option
- Green Energy
- Self-generation technology in bicycles can disrupt the energy industry by offering a new source of renewable and sustainable energy
