Saturday, September 10, 2011

Speaking Monster Helmet: Logical Next Step

Now that flat, light, bright, colored lighting technology is here, there has been an evolutionary step taken: motorcycle helmets that light up and can display images. It is a boringly obvious leap to put a white front, red rear, and amber turn lamps on the helmet, synchronized with the bike's lights. Somewhat less obvious ideas:

  • Make the lighting removable, like a skin, so when you crash a helmet you don't lose the lights
  • Police helmets light up in police light colors, and Code 3 involves a VERY bright helmet
  • The statist would like to have registration information legislated onto the helmet, maybe just whenever Police are nearby
  • The Capitalist puts scrolling billboards and charges a fee
  • But the cool part is when the skull on your helmet tracks passing cars and freaks out kids in the back seat
  • Or your flames blow back in the wind and point up at a stop
  • Or your monster face talks when you speak

This has some serious cool potential. Hat tip: slashdot

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