it’s called Smart Windshield and is the latest innovations in terms of technology applied to motorcycles. The project, developed by Samsung, concerns the design and implementation of the first intelligent windscreen scooter. This is a screen positioned over the handlebars that allows the driver to access the information received on your smartphone with the help of an App, thus displaying the calls, SMS messages and WhatsApp, email and other notifications: the driver can decide to stop to answer, or let it starts an automatic reply message.
the project partners see as the Yamaha Motor Europe that has provided its own model of scooter Tricity as a basis to experience the Smart Windshield. The electronic windshield has the stated goal of reduce motorcycle accidents caused by the use of your smartphone while you are driving, theme already touched in the past days by Segugio.it , as it is one of the distractions that increase the risk of accidents: according to the statistical behavior is practiced by 25% of boys between 18 and 24 years (ISTAT / ACI). A tendency, therefore, caused by the desire of young people to stay connected and available, which endangers the safety of both themselves centaurs that of other road users.
“We are extremely proud,” says Andrea Colombi , Country Manager Yamaha Motor Europe – Italy Branch, “to support the Smart Windshield project and do it with the scooter that Yamaha best marries the goals of this initiative: Tricity . The result of this collaboration sees the smart technologies applied to the new mobility for safety , the direction fully in line with Yamaha’s vision which aims to create products developed to surpass the expectations of the people and meet their different requirements, so as to become an integral part of their lifestyle. “
a very similar technology is already offered by Smart Windshield Piaggio that, for its top models, involves the use of the Piaggio Multimedia Platform . It is an application that allows you to connect wirelessly your iPhone with the control unit of the motorcycle, making it similar to a board computer. On a smartphone screen will display a series of functions (4 at a time), including speedometer, tachometer, the instantaneous power, the instantaneous fuel consumption, average speed, battery voltage, longitudinal acceleration.
the Piaggio technology also allows you to record the journey-related data made , revising them later on your PC or tablet. Among the most innovative features is the one that shows the nearest petrol stations (when the bike is in a fuel reserve) or the reference of the scooter position, which allows you to find the vehicle in the event that the centaur has forgotten the place where he parked.
Another Piaggio Multimedia Platform aims concerns the diagnostics , the possibility for the driver to check the status of use of the vehicle. In case of failure of the medium is able technology to give indications of the type of problem, also indicating the point of care Piaggio closer.
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