Skylock - wireless bicycle lock Solar Bashny.Net

In principle, velokultura in post-Soviet countries is gaining momentum. In Europe and the United States velokultura developed very well. In Asia, bicycles and cyclists too much, but there is reason for the emergence of a large number of bicycles a little different.

But this post - not a discussion of the causes of velokultury and interesting description of the lock for bicycles. Castle in the first place, does not need the usual way, and secondly, strong enough, the third - charges itself from the sun.

Now a little more. Developed this castle by Velo Labs, a startup based engineers come from Boeing and Jawbone. Skylock - the first product of this company, and the product is very interesting.

So, the main highlight of the project - the lack of a physical key. Skylock works via Bluetooth. Ie approached the owner of the bike - the lock opens by itself. In addition, the device (and the castle - it is a device) can be controlled from a smartphone, opening it with a special application.

If suddenly the phone at hand was not (well, you forgot it at home / work / stolen), it is still one option - to enter the password using a small keyboard (solid and secure, of course).

Among other things, if you wish the owner the right to open the lock can be passed familiar, sending permission to the appropriate application on your smartphone such familiar.

In Skylock and integrated accelerometer, so if lock (respectively, and the bicycle) will move to smartphone owners will have a warning. The sensitivity of the accelerometer can be adjusted so that a regular punch (well, someone tapped rack accidentally) the system will not respond.

Among other things, the castle energizes itself, which is outfitted with solar panels your device. Well, there is an emergency system that reacts if the owner of the bike gets into an accident. In this case, the system calls the "fast".

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/223117/