One of my last long distance rides turned out to be grueling. It started going sour when I noticed my phone battery level was getting low. In a pinch, I used the battery pack that supplied my helmet camera. That kept it alive for the remainder of the ride. I wasn’t as lucky with my main pack. It seemed to work but the charger stopped. To add insult to injury, I then had to haul the dead weigth. It turned…
Here is a model drawn in Sketchup. I’ll be using this to help in designing and building the case for the components. It has proven to be a worthwhile investment of time to model the components this way. I can get the layout and casing just the way I like.
Two of the sensors that I’ll be incorporating in the sensor helmet have the potential to shape how I’ll plan my routes. I had mentioned in earlier posts about air quality monitors and tracking them on a map. Having this type of information during route planning could be useful. I didn’t realize at the time the demand for type of data and the research that was currently being pursued in this area. Yet again while searching online for examples for…