This morning was the first really chilly ride of the fall- complete with thin crusts of ice on a couple of puddles, and a tiny bit of snow on a couple of cars. I've been wearing gloves all week, but my leather and thinsulate gloves aren't going to cut it much longer- my fingers were pretty chilly today.
Looking for "urban cycling gloves" I found
these amazing gloves which light up in a chevron when you close your hand into a loose fist. Check out the video of her making a right turn!
I think I'm going to go order some LEDs and some conductive thread right now!
This is very cool. I have just ordered myself some conductive thread. Also some conductive foam, because I need to make a new stylus for my touchscreen. And because I am a geek.
ReplyDeleteI just have to figure out how to alter the signal for a crooked left-arm gesture to signal right turns. I don't like using my right hand because a) it's not what I learned so my muscle memory and b) I don't feel that cars see anything I do on my right side.
Also, we need to have LEDs on the fingers so opposing traffic can see it, too.
Oooh! Project!
Lots of good stuff on this site-http://www.sparkfun.com
ReplyDeleteincluding a special "lilly pad" for attaching conductive thread to LED leads as well as tutorials on sizing LEDs for people like me who haven't used Ohm's law for a looooong time
I would really want to hear if this is better than the lights at
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which do not need to be integrated into particular gloves. Of course, either might be inferior to 50 cents of reflective tape. For four pairs of gloves, that'd be about $4. It would also save on knitting and shipping.