Ethan Frier and Jonathan Ota, two industrial design students at Carnegie Mellon University are working together to create a safety lighting system for bicycles that allow the rider to be seen even from the side at night. While most traditional lights for bikes only illuminate the rider from either the front or the rear, Project AURA attempts to remedy the remaining areas that aren’t as easily visible from direct side view with their RGB lighting system built into the rim of the wheel.
But it’s not just lights attached to the wheel — Project AURA is a smart LED lighting system that changes from red when slowing down to white when going at cruising speed. Seriously, I’d put this on my bike anyday!
Herman, Have you seen the MonkeyLectric tire lights? ((www.monkeylectric.com)) A friend of mine bought a set and they are pretty awesome looking riding around in the dark. They are like $75 a piece which is a little steep in my book, but I still tempted to buy one just cause they look so cool.