turn signal biking jacket

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    made w/ lilypad arduino, LEDs, & wrist mounted switches for control

    tutorial now up here:
    www.cs.colorado.edu/~buechley/LilyPad/build/turn_signal_j...

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    1. jonrawlinson 64 months ago | reply

      very cool! I want one!

    2. g.townsend 64 months ago | reply

      I would sugest, lower on the back for bent-over roadies. Cool idea.

    3. crmcdonough1952 64 months ago | reply

      I looked at the patent as well.

      It seems overly broad, and I think that it would be a interesting proposition to see which set of lawyers would be granted payment of fees from the other side.

      Especially since the patent claims that the garment is meant as a "novelty, " and not as a workable and utility garment.

      One of the problems with the current administration is that they have consistently kept underfunding the patent office, so that items that are overly broad, nebulous, with no working prototype and clearly conflicting with prior art, have been granted patents. The patent office has been constrained to award the patents, and are counting on the courts to actually do the determination of prior claim.

      I also seem to recall seeing gimmicked turn signals on bicycle-rider jackets in the 1960s. I also have see a good number of people at MIT who have arranged LEDs into signboards woven into their garments over the years.

      There is also the determination that a patent is invalid if the idea is really only .trivially non-obvious.

      And I don't think this would patent would pass the smell test.

      Now, if you had actually been marketing a working garment, you might have had a case under trade dress restrictions, if you had bothered to trademark the look-and-feel.

      If not, bye bye.

    4. Seba2005 64 months ago | reply

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    5. kasia wska 64 months ago | reply

      genius!

    6. bilobicles bag 64 months ago | reply

      ...siempre he pensado que las señaleticas, reflectantes o luces que pide la ley de transito pueden ir incorporadas a la ropa del ciclista... inclusive un simple gorro puede llevar una luz intermitente atras... pero la ley no valida esto aquí en Chile a menos que se cambie, muy interesante y creativa esta propuesta...

    7. sandyherrold 64 months ago | reply

      Can't believe you didn't decide to call it TurnCoat! Sheesh!

    8. Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious 64 months ago | reply

      "Turn Coat" Ha ha! Brilliant!

    9. leahbuechley 64 months ago | reply

      I like it ;-)

    10. RJL20 64 months ago | reply

      crmcdonough1952, the patent says "novel" not "novelty". That said, it seems like #6,558,016 would be more applicable.

    11. oakling 63 months ago | reply

      I want everyone to stop arguing over patent law long enough to tell me who is planning to sell me some of these :)

    12. leahbuechley 63 months ago | reply

      you have to make your own ;-)
      www.cs.colorado.edu/~buechley/LilyPad/index.html

      I'll post plans as soon as I get a chance.

    13. leahbuechley 61 months ago | reply

      tutorial now up here:
      www.cs.colorado.edu/~buechley/LilyPad/build/turn_signal_j...

    14. annreddysrikanth 52 months ago | reply

      hii frndz this is srikanth,,,,,,this is a great idea of designing the turn signal biking jacket,,,good work. i am an Msc student and now my project is also related to same concept.,,,,,,

      Project Title: Wearable Indicator
      Abstract: An application of this would be an enhanced glove worn by a cyclist which would display a flashing light when the cyclist signalled to turn. In the first instance a PC could be used to detect a signalling pattern of movement of the arm and to generate the light pattern by switching an electro-luminescent wire or patch on and off.

      it shld be done by using Wii controller technology,,,,,so any one can please help me out for my project,,,,,
      my email id is annreddysrikanth@yahoo.com

    15. Mayri07 46 months ago | reply

      hey i really love this idea

      i would like to make som of my own but ur link is not working. anyway i can get this info?

    16. theknitbitch 41 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wearables, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    17. FuriKuri [deleted] 41 months ago | reply

      The link doesnt work :(

    18. Hamid Rahmani 25 months ago | reply

      how do i buy this? please tell me

    19. Anne Watkins NYC 20 months ago | reply

      love love love

    20. willco.42 15 months ago | reply

      Dead link! bummer...

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