BY THE END OF YEAR THE LAUNCH OF BAIDU DUBIKE, THE SOCIAL SMARTBIKE

The second search engine in the world trying to play the card of consumer electronics: the path chosen, however, is very different from that of some of its competitors, and instead of focusing on wearable computing Baidu try to revolutionize a means of locomotion with 150 years of history behind it. The plans of the search Beijing is a bike, means of locomotion on two wheels, but equipped with connection to the smartphone, kinetic energy recovery systems and a mechanism for vehicle navigation simplified to guide the cyclist to his destination.At the information circulated on local sites, the Dubike Baidu will be equipped with a series of sensors that collect information on the activities carried on board: heart rate, pressure in the crank arms and the saddle, pedaling rate, cruising speed. Information that is stored and transferred to your smartphone to be studied and analyzed later so that they can provide information on the health and status of the form of the subject on board: the same way as do the various smartwatch and smartbracelet (and as they do certain smartphones through accelerometers placed in their hardware) .If this were not enough, the R & D division of Baidu has also developed a special operating system for Dubike able to run the entire apparatus: it also works through the onboard navigator, equipped of its GPS receiver installed on board and powered by energy recovered from braking and pedals as on hybrid cars. Handlebar is also embedded a special interface to inform in a simple and immediate the cyclist on the direction to take, so that should not be distracted in consult the phone screen and thus risking an accident.
Of course, the design of the product is taken care of to make it appealing. The Dubike not yet know the price, or the markets in which it is marketed, but the same rumors set for the end of his official presentation to the public.