Smart bike helmet signals impending danger
(World News Science)

Scania has joined a research group that has developed prototypes for bike helmets that communicate with surrounding traffic and provide users with alerts 4-7 seconds in advance of potentially perilous situations. Following the rapid technological advances in driver assistance systems aided by sensors, radar and cameras, the auto industry is taking initial steps towards connected vehicle-to-vehicle communications and, by extension, to connected vehicle-to-infrastructure communications. When vehicles communicate and relay data to each other in real time, road safety will be even further enhanced....