MC Helmets with HUD

[JetMech]

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/motorcycle-h...15114.html

Head Up Display Communications Systems from Reevu.




Reevu is a company keen on reinventing the helmet as we know it. Most recently, the company touted a rearview camera that keeps track of the action going on behind your head. This is rather useful for motorcyclists and could be adapted by those racing open-top cars.

Now Reevu is looking to push commercial helmet technology even further. Get ready to get your fighter pilot style on, because helmets are getting head-up displays.

Already available in military applications, the helmet-based HUD hasn't trickled down into civilian applications... until now. Reevu has created a helmet that utilizes an optical display, which can be adapted to provide a wealth of information. GPS can be integrated to show directions; a phone can be paired with the helmet so that calls can be taken without a rider moving his or her hands away from the bike, and his or her eyes away from the road.

Reevu says that a system could even be devised to display engine data so the rider is aware of the current conditions of their machine.

At the moment, the systems are currently geared towards the world of motorsports. It's not hard to see this technology trickling down to everyday applications. It will need to be refined so that it doesn't create a distraction for the rider, but when done right it could be a great tool in keeping the rider moving along in a safer manner. An extra set of "eyes" is a good thing on a bike.

[tomy]

Not for $2000 us.

[Rev. That Guy]

I still cant really fathom why you would want telemetry projected in your helmet... seems that would be more distracting than having to look at your gauges... and especially on the track... now if they could make one that give audible readouts instead of visual, that would interest me more although that could be annoying... would need to be able to control what is said and when. Nav would be nice.

- Justin

[The Doctor]

I wish I was out of med-school already

[Rev. That Guy]

(07-30-2013 10:19 AM)The Doctor Wrote:  I wish I was out of med-school already

dont you have to start med school first to be able to get out of med school?

- J

[ars0n]

The problem is turning the helmet into the entire unit.

They could easily create a film that you slap on the inside of your helmet that displays this info and is either tethered by BT or wireless or wired from the helmet to the computer unit placed under the gas tank, fairing, hidden away some where and all you do is plug in and go.

Everyone wants to incorporate the entire unit into the helmet. I think that is very dangerous..hard objects on the INSIDE of the helmet can never be a good thing. Micro boards, batteries, etc..

[The Doctor]

(07-30-2013 11:31 AM)ars0n Wrote:  The problem is turning the helmet into the entire unit.

They could easily create a film that you slap on the inside of your helmet that displays this info and is either tethered by BT or wireless or wired from the helmet to the computer unit placed under the gas tank, fairing, hidden away some where and all you do is plug in and go.

Everyone wants to incorporate the entire unit into the helmet. I think that is very dangerous..hard objects on the INSIDE of the helmet can never be a good thing. Micro boards, batteries, etc..

Plus all that little bit of extra weight adds up, and then you have a nine pound helmet sitting on your noggin'