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GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: Sven on October 16, 2009, 06:30:41 PM

Title: Night Vision Comes to Motorcycling
Post by: Sven on October 16, 2009, 06:30:41 PM

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/10/motorcycle-night-visio/ (http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/10/motorcycle-night-visio/)

(http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2009/10/night-riding-visible-thermal-on-coming-cara.bmp)

Title: Re: Night Vision Comes to Motorcycling
Post by: Red01 on October 18, 2009, 11:46:07 AM

Cool, very cool!
It'll have come in WAY under $2000 and have a waterproof monitor with GPS before it's on my shopping list though.

Title: Re: Night Vision Comes to Motorcycling
Post by: dhcolesj on October 19, 2009, 04:09:57 PM

Yea, like around 80%-90% off of that number to make unto mine.  I can really see cagers needing this even more than bikes.

Title: Re: Night Vision Comes to Motorcycling
Post by: mosquito on October 21, 2009, 02:54:11 PM

Somebody's making something that'd work, but they want to charge an insane amount for it still.  (They're not saying how much, but will lease them at $500 (USD?)/wk!)  For the quantities this would sell in, it could be priced at $400 USD. 

Once this gets on a TV show showing its utility *someone's* gonna sell a million of them.

Then we're going to get lots of HUDs in cars and then we'll get it in helmet visors! 

*Grinn*  That'll be cool.

Title: Re: Night Vision Comes to Motorcycling
Post by: Sven on October 21, 2009, 08:07:20 PM

Well, there's not a whole lot of protection for the idea, since it's using existing technology in a new way.  So if there's enough demand, someone will come in with a less expensive set-up.  On the other hand, the cost of a infrared unit and a GPS set are already several hundred $, and they don't excatly give away radio/intercom sets, so I don't think it will be dirt cheap.

Title: Re: Night Vision Comes to Motorcycling
Post by: mosquito on October 22, 2009, 06:35:33 AM

Whoops.  I forgot to give a URL: http://www.raz-ir.com/

I'm thinking it can be cheap.  Take a current $200 digital camera, make it waterproof and swap the CCD.  Doesn't need to have a *huge* screen or be high res to be useful.