Trek joins with Ford to propose bicycle to vehicle communications, as an addition to already proposed vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communications.
http://www.velonews.com/2018/01/news/trek-takes-a-high-tech-approach-to-save-cyclists-lives_454307
The system connects vehicles to a larger communications system, which means cars can communicate with other vehicles, pedestrian devices, bicycles, roadside signs, and construction zones.
A cyclist would ride with B2V-enabled equipment, initially manufactured by Trek or Bontrager. Or, he or she could have a mobile app with C-V2X. The driver would then be alerted by their car when a cyclist is present in a potentially dangerous area.
Trek partnered with a company named Tome, who also add in the buzzword, "AI-based" to make sure you know that they are really with it. No mention of the power requirements for this system, and how they can be met within the extremely small power capability of a bike rider, or even the small battery system used on e-bikes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @11:36PM
In case anyone is still reading this...I'm going to put RFID tags on doves. And pigeons, just for good measure.
Actually, this idea is sort of analogous to transponders on aircraft. Rather than counting on the radar signature from normal radar reflections, transponders broadcast the identity the plane, I believe shortly after they are lit up by the radar beam. Makes it a lot easier for the air traffic controllers to see all the planes, both large and small.