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ICEDOT'S CRASH SENSOR MIGHT SAVE YOUR DOME

The downside of going green? Bikes don't come with airbags.

Sure, there've been 25 percent fewer car-on-bike fatalities since 1995, but your skull still can't compete with an SUV.

Enter the next step in head protection: ICEdot's Crash, an impact sensor for the helmet you've already been wearing. (Right?)

Serious brain injuries can sometimes take more than a minute to manifest, so any smash-up should be checked out ASAP. Crash calls the right people for you, just in case you can't yourself.

The sensor is an innocuous, button-sized device that attaches to your bike helmet. It communicates with your smartphone via Bluetooth and, if it measures a significant enough impact, sends a signal to the connected app.

If you don't cancel the 30-second countdown first, the app then sends your GPS coordinates and a crash notification to your emergency contacts via text.

We'll save our prank ideas for where else to put the sensor for our April Fool's edition.

ICEdot Crash
icedot.org/crash

Price: $200 (estimated)
Release: 2013

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on September 21, 2012 at 7:18am

Good idea.

WAY too expensive!

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on September 21, 2012 at 7:40am

Yep, probably not workable until prices drop some (a lot?). But this idea could eventually save some lives in rural areas, both for cyclists and motorcyclists.