「單車族神器」前Google工程師發明的穿戴裝置 - LED方向燈手套 | ZACKEES TURN-SIGNAL GLOVE

「單車族神器」前Google工程師發明的穿戴裝置 - LED方向燈手套

人們節能環保的意識增強，帶動了現在騎單車的熱潮，但是，因為單車沒有方向燈，轉彎的時候容易發生意外，因此，美國一名單車愛好者特別研發一款LED方向燈手套，方便開車族掌握單車的動向，設計非常的貼心。

當然在政府制定相關交通規定之前，你應該也有注意到很多自行車族，也開始習慣使用『手勢』，去和汽機車溝通他們的行徑方向，尤其是單車族出事率最高的轉彎時…因此，以整合Google Earth至Audi A8車內導航系統聞名的前Google工程師Zach Vorhies，他發明了這雙『Zackees Turn Signal Gloves』配備LED燈的轉彎手套。

使用方式很簡單，戴上之後透過手套上對應的金屬鐵片相接觸，即可產生轉彎示意燈，若沒有接觸，手套會自動進入休眠狀況，並不會耗損電力，以腳踏車通勤時使用到轉彎平均每天4分鐘的損耗率來看，這雙手套的電池大約可供給使用兩個月的時間，電池耗損殆盡後，你可以透過官網上提供的型號自行更換新電池繼續使用。

在布料材質的選擇上，也經過多次測試找到了最適合的彈性伸縮纖維材質，在掌心需要握拳彎曲的部分，採用較柔軟舒適的皮革材質，大拇指的部位特別使用吸汗的包覆毛巾布料，以及部分添飾復古反光的裝飾。如果需要清洗時，你甚至可以直接丟進洗衣機裡清洗！

Zackees Turn Signal Gloves 轉彎手套的宣傳短片


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ZACKEES TURN-SIGNAL GLOVE

Bicycle-safety gear inexorably makes you look like an idiot — take it from a guy whose grease-streaked fluorescent bike jacket sparks up elevator conversations that start with, “What happened to you?”

From chunky foam helmets to DayGlo vests festooned in reflective tape, anything that makes you safer on a bike makes you correspondingly more likely to be mocked by a passing bus full of middle-school kids.

Zackees turn-signal gloves don’t exactly totally change the relation between safety and style, but they do sway the balance. And besides, you’re trying to stay out of the grille of a Mack truck, not impress hipster chicks. Right?

As the name suggests, these are cycling gloves with turn signals built right in — a giant flashing amber arrow on the back of each hand. Two metal contacts between the thumb and forefinger fire up the arrows: Hold them together, lift your arm, and your hand becomes a blazing LED beacon to drivers everywhere. Watch out world, I’m turning here.

With nine ultra-bright LEDs comprising each arrow, there’s no way any driver will miss your righteous fist of share-the-damn-road fury. And with the way the arrows are positioned, you can even leave your hands on your handlebars to signal forward to drivers ahead of you that you’re turning — useful at those four-way stops where confusion reigns.

Holding out a right hand initially felt awkward to this cyclist, who was raised to signal everything with his left. But it’s legal and technically correct, I discovered with a little research. The hyperactive triggers can be a little harder to adjust to. It’s easy to click them together accidentally if you’re using your hands for anything but holding handlebars, so I set off the lights all the time as I packed my saddlebag and locked up my bike. It’s not the end of the world, but prepare for plenty of unwanted bike-rack conversations with Spandex-sporting passersby.

Original Article: Digital Trends