LucidBrake, ‘creator of the first smart wireless bike brake light’, will give 20% of all pre-order sales at www.lucidbrake.com to HIV/AIDS awareness and research. Until July 2015, LucidBrake is donating 20% of every pre-order to AIDS/Lifecycle: Ride to End AIDS, the annual 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money and awareness of HIV/AIDS, held from 31 May to 6 June 2015.
The LucidBrake wireless press-on safer biking brake light is now available for pre-order after recently completing its successful Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns, with pricing of US$50 until July 2015 (normally US$74.99). As the company points out, ‘Early-birds can order the patent-pending smart brake light that can save lives through safer biking and also help fight HIV/AIDS at the same time through LucidBrake’s support for AIDS safety awareness and research.’
“I realized one day that I could make bikers safer on the road,” said LucidBrake Inventor and Founder, John Craig. “Prevention is 100% better than healing broken bones. I have family members who ride bikes and I have family members who are gay. I care about them and want to make all families safer. What better way than giving to AIDS/Lifecycle?”
Visible up to a ½ mile away, the LucidBrake smart ultra-bright LED brake light aims to provide safer biking so cars, other bikers, and pedestrians can see a rider braking, slowing down, or stopping — even at a distance. LucidBrake detects and shows motion with 8 LEDs that blink when moving and alert solid when stopping (just like a car’s brake lights).
The light shows the difference between slowing down and abruptly stopping with 4 beacon modes (flashing, fast flashing, solid, off) and 2 braking indicators (sudden and normal). The smart brake light detects slow and stopping motion using all 3 axes of acceleration signals (right/ left, up/down, backwards/forwards), filtering out road bumps, grades, angles, and normal cycling movements.
LucidBrake can be used on bikes, boats, jet skis, skateboards, wheelchairs, scooters, helmets, and even backpacks. LucidBrake requires no installation and no wiring. It quickly attaches with press-on 3M fastener material.
Founded in 2007, LucidLights designs innovative smart LED lighting technology for safer living. LucidLights are hand-held, oscillating light devices that use persistence of vision to paint bright images (text or graphic) in thin air. In 2013, LucidLights created prototypes for LucidBrake and with the help of a successful crowd-funding campaign, produced its first production run.
The new LucidBrake is set to ship in July 2015 with a more advanced algorithm for how and when it turns off and more advanced beacon modes, as well as modes that comply with German and EU rules of the road.
www.lucidbrake.com
www.aidslifecycle.org
