Night Cycling

Project Aura: Bicycle Safety Lighting System on Vimeo

A bike light project by some industrial design students I found.

does it play that song when the lights come on?

Reasonably theft-proof or would you have to remove if locking bike to street furniture? How much run time does the LEDs have?

Streets were very quiet. Need to demo in UK rush-hour traffic.

Already been done.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cateye/sl120-spoke-light-set-ec019850

I use these already for side better visibility from the side in winter - it does not replace the need for a kick ass front light and a kick ass rear light.

He needs to put his saddle up a bit.

I think it'd be better as a self-contained aftermarket thing, rather than having to buy a whole new wheel (which is how I understand it).

It'd be better, perhaps, to attach a magnet to the frame and have some LEDs with in-built copper induction coils bolted to the spokes. The coils wouldn't have to be big heavy ones - since LEDs use so little power they'd be tiny weeny.

Could do with getting a back brake as well.

There was an article on Core77 about this a couple of weeks ago which explains it in a bit more detail:

http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/project_aura_bike_safety_lighting_system_19349.asp

The next post on their website will be "Since the release of these lights, UFO sightings have risen by 18%"