At the end of May, in Toulouse, high school students will be present at the end of the CGENIAL contest, connected clothes dedicated to improving the safety of road users.
- About twenty high school students have themselves. 2. Cutting workshop. 3. The cycling reflective vestwith flashing arrow. 4. A push button to activate the flashing light on the back of the vest.
How to improve the safety of road users by making them visible when necessary, using connected clothes? : that was the guiding thread of the gait.
Based on two different situations, high school students have defined two projects: “a hi vis vest that indicates the direction the cyclist will take, such as a flashing car, and a vest that makes visible the roadside worker when a car enters a work zone.
In both cases, the work process was identical: define the needs by interviewing potential users; search for technical means to respond to them, using Adriano and various use sensors; make a prototype.
During the design of the garment, we took the original idea of a reflective yellow vest (which has reflective materials on it) by modifying it so that it is safe and more visible to motorists
Flashing LEDs have been added to the vest, “say the young designers. The interviews they had with the future users allowed them to define the device. In one case, a Lily Pad in the upper back that will be used to program the LEDs to be used as turn signals and buttons on the sleeves to operate the Lily Pad. In the other, an ultrasonic transceiver on a panel to detect a car entering the site, a radio wave transmitter to send the information to the vest, a receiver on the vest that receives the waves radio.
The goal is to offer both projects to a company to get their help and experience, then develop and market them
The city could equip the officers working on the side of the road. High school cycling students or cycling and triathlon clubs could wear it and ride more peacefully. “note the students, who presented their projects at the Genial Foundation competition.
The purpose of this foundation is to promote science and technology, and related trade. It also works to bring the world of business closer to the world of education.
“The students sent their file and a video and we learned on April 10 that we were selected for the national final in Toulouse,” said Sylvie. On May 25, 6 young people will go there to defend their projects against a jury. They will have to do it both in French and in English. The next phase would be the planned international competition in China. But we’re not there “.