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ABOUT
Our computationally aided bicycle system is mostly intended for people who use a bicycle as
their primary mode of transportation. These people usually live in urban environments,
but the design of our system is not restricted to use in cities.
When designing iBike we focused on solving a range of problems. When biking people's current
navigation strategies typically involve a physical map, printed or written directions, or a smart phone.
To use these, people often stop and check directions, but this is frustrating because it is consuming.
The alternative is riding the bike while simultaneously looking at directions. This is dangerous because
the user is looking away from the road to see the directions and they use one hand to hold the directions.
To address these problems we developed a design of a built in navigation system, turn signals, road slickness sensor, heart rate monitor, and weather conditions output. We anticipate the users of our iBike to be anyone who uses a bike as their primary form of transportation. Although our design may appeal more to people already familiar with smart phones and living in an urban environment, we hope that our improved version of the standard bike will draw people outside of these categories that have not always used bike riding to commute. Bike riding is not only valuable to riders because of health and monetary benefits, it is environmentally friendly.
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