Hey guys! With all of the road trips I've been taking recently the thought of buying a dash cam for my car has come up. These are popular in Russia and some European countries as they provide excellent evidence in the event of a car accident. Police use dash cameras in their squad cars for evidence as well and to hold them accountable for doing their jobs correctly.
Today I saw the Fly6 bicycle camera that's built right into an LED taillight. The founder created it after being harassed on his bike (someone shot him with a slingshot when passing by in a car) and indeed, I've been pelted with water balloons and had trash thrown at me when riding my bike before. Unfortunately, cyclists can also get rear ended at stop lights when they're in the right hand turn lane (seen this happen several times) and occasionally the driver will flee the scene vs. helping the rider. That's where the Fly6 comes in! It records the incident in HD video, gathering important details like license plate info, to be accessed later.
The project has already met its goals but will be up on Kickstarter through March 9th, 2014. These are some of the specs that I appreciated about the unit when watching the video:
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Today I saw the Fly6 bicycle camera that's built right into an LED taillight. The founder created it after being harassed on his bike (someone shot him with a slingshot when passing by in a car) and indeed, I've been pelted with water balloons and had trash thrown at me when riding my bike before. Unfortunately, cyclists can also get rear ended at stop lights when they're in the right hand turn lane (seen this happen several times) and occasionally the driver will flee the scene vs. helping the rider. That's where the Fly6 comes in! It records the incident in HD video, gathering important details like license plate info, to be accessed later.
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The project has already met its goals but will be up on Kickstarter through March 9th, 2014. These are some of the specs that I appreciated about the unit when watching the video:
- Price: ~$135 per unit
- Memory: 8 gig class 10 microSD card (I imagine you could upgrade it?)
- Performance: 700p HD video + audio, loops automatically
- Light: LED with chase pattern and flashing mode
- Durability: waterproof with nanotechnology coating of electronics
- Charging: USB charger with 5 hours of runtime
- Dimensions: 100mm in length and 105g in weight
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