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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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Helmet tech has been advancing rather quickly of late. We’ve seen helmets that promise 100% blind-spot elimination, others that filter the air you breathe in, and even the likes of Sena and Cardo jumping in with their respective “smart” helmets.

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[–] sausager@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I rode motorcycles for several years and I was stunned to learn no one makes a helmet with some sort of integrated technology in the visor that puts a black spot over where the sun is, so you aren't completely blind when driving in the morning.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Anything that does that will likely be an extremely over-engineered and expensive solution for the problem. I don't even think I've seen a clear screen capable of blocking light with that type of granularity.

I rode for years, and was surprised at the lack of visors that incorporate multiple filters like this; requiring users to carry a separate visor or sunglasses, and stopping to manually change them.

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Even helmets with rear view mirrors are exceedingly rare.

[–] Towwebbed@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

My current helmet has an internal sun visor I can drop down in front of my eyes with a lever on the outside of the helmet. My previous one had a photo chromatic lens that would change colors based on how much light it was encountering. Both work(ed) great but I prefer the internal sun visor.

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