Crash and text your mom.
(Credit: ICEdot )
You're biking along, minding your own business. You reach an amazing downhill stretch. You pick up speed. You're really cranking along. Oh no! A hippopotamus wanders onto the trail! You swerve and end up faceplanting in the bushes.
Don't fear, your helmet will dial your emergency contacts and give your location. The ICEdot Crash Sensor is a stick-on sensor that mounts onto your helmet. It connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth. When it senses an impact, it sounds an alarm and starts a countdown clock on the crash sensor app. You have a set amount of time to turn it off.
If you're incapacitated and don't turn it off, the app will notify your emergency contacts with a text message and share your GPS coordinates so they can send an ambulance, come check on you, or dispatch a Saint Bernard with a barrel of brandy.
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