As the name suggests - Super Helmet is a concept where the day-to-day use of Helmet will be much more interesting - it will be more than just a safety equipment. It will be cool and more powerful.
When I use a helmet during my bike riding, I always face a problem with my phone. I am sure that you have also cursed your helmet when you are on a bike and you receive a phone call. It is so irritating to stop the bike and check who is calling... And it is so dangerous to check who is the caller holding your phone in one hand and balancing your bike on the other - Specially when you are on a busy road.
Hmm... that's just not all... let's say you are listening to a radio station, both of your hands are engaged on the bike, and you wanna change the radio station or the song... it's so much troublesome today !
So an idea came to my mind... We need a Super Helmet that will make all these things very easy... managing the phone operations, the radio or song tuning and safety of your head... all combined :)
How
The idea is actually very simple. Please take a look at the image below and then we will discuss:
Step 1: The dashboard of the bike will have a special slot to place your phone and the phone jack can be plugged into a small device which is integrated with the dashboard. This way the phone can be wired with the bike and the central processing device can access the phone as needed.
Step 2: Next, the bike handles on both sides will have very simple control buttons. These buttons will enable particular functions on the phone. At a bare minimum, we can think of the following buttons:
On Left Hand controls - Call Accept, Call Reject, Call Silent, Call Last Caller.
On Right Hand controls - Increase/Decrease Volume, Change Channel, Change Song.
Now, we have all essential buttons on our fingers without having any need of picking the phone. We can use the controls while driving itself. Isn't that cool ?
Step 3: Well, how do we listen to the phone or answer to it ? We have to add a speaker on the front section of the helmet and two earphones on both sides of the helmet (inner sides). So we can talk to the caller, we can listen to them and we can listen to the radio. Look at the picture. We are almost done :)
Step 4: The last step is to connect the helmet with the central processing device of the bike. This can be easily done via Bluetooth. In case Bluetooth technology seems to be costly for general mass, we can always have a wired connection. It may be little cumbersome, but the purpose will still be solved.
So that's it. It has a very simple design but the usefulness is so much. Apart from the utilities it provides, I believe this can help reducing many road accidents as well. That we take as another advantage. People who avoid using helmet within local distances, will now be encouraged to use one.
Limitations
Yes, there are some points to worry about. First, the central processing device of the bike needs to be capable of accessing the basic phone features irrespective of the brand of the phone. Hence, the phone has to be built on open source technologies or the phone must render a common access interface through a special jack. Otherwise, a phone may not be compatible to all types of bikes. Secondly, I am not sure if this has any legal implications. Listening to music or attending calls while driving may be legally prohibited in some countries. But technology will always improve itself and life will always expand its boundaries... So, I believe, something that is not possible or not legal today, can become a daily use sometime in the future :)
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