Now we can concentrate on the scenery! The New York Times reported today that “Fighter pilots have long been able to view flight data projected onto jet windshields within their line of sight. Soon recreational motorcyclists and bicyclists will be able to take advantage of that technology. Motion Research, a Seattle company founded in 1993 by a former racecar driver, Dominic Dobson, said that next spring it would begin selling an inexpensive information display system to be attached to a motorcycle helmet.
The Sportvue head-mounted display will allow riders to see speed, r.p.m. and gear position without taking their eyes off the road. The system gathers speed information from a global positioning satellite receiver attached to the rear of the helmet. Read the entire article in the New York Times. (Free, registration required).
I’d suggest putting in the new Sony full circle lens camera in it, while they’re at it, and I’ll sew the Flip-O phone into my jacket sleeve, and use voice recognition software to record my dispatches, all while I’m riding, of course.
