As a college student and a cyclist, I enjoy cycling around on campus. A recent new gadget that came into light are the Revolights. Out of the many attempts of people trying add illumination to bicycle spokes and wheels, I believe the Revolights are the current best candidate. Not only do they actually help illuminate the road, they may just be possibly better than conventional headlights.
Kent Frankovich, Adam Pettler and Jim Houk the designers of Revolights wanted to replace the little headlights and red taillights most people might have on their bicycles with something much more efficient. A normal headlight projects light out from the front of the bike and then down to the ground, but the Revolight actually casts light directly from the rim of your front wheel forward and onto the ground beneath the tire.
Revolights use a series of thin LED rings that mount to each wheel rim, and then use a small magnet to provide information about speed and position of the wheel to the system’s controller so it can illuminate the correct bank of LEDs at the right time. Not only is this amazingly cool, it also brings safety to riders as well as drivers. Revolights are currently under development but from the amount of support their getting, it wont be before long that you'll be seeing Revolights in the market. To find out more about Revolights, visit their blog! (
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