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ICEdot Crash Sensor is evolving helmets. Our Crash Sensor detects critical impacts of helmets and notifies emergency contacts of where you are and how hard you were hit.

Article Summary

A helmet might provide protection to the head in the event of an accident, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the wearer won’t be knocked unconscious or otherwise incapacitated. The ICEdot Crash Sensor pairs to a smartphone to automatically send a call for help, complete with GPS coordinates, when an accident is detected. The system also provides first responders with the accident victim’s medical information.

SPORTS.Helmet-mountable ICEdot Crash Sensor calls for help if you can’t

By Darren Quick. September 17, 2012

The ICEdot Crash Sensor will be mountable on a helmet

A helmet might provide protection to the head in the event of an accident, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the wearer won’t be knocked unconscious or otherwise incapacitated. The ICEdot Crash Sensor pairs to a smartphone to automatically send a call for help, complete with GPS coordinates, when an accident is detected. The system also provides first responders with the accident victim’s medical information.

Unlike the similar VITAband that uses RFID technology, the ICEdot system consists of a slim sensor that can be mounted onto a helmet and pairs to a smartphone via Bluetooth low energy (BLE). When the sensor detects forces consistent with an accident, the smartphone app gives the user 30 seconds to shut down a countdown clock. If this timer is not canceled, the app will then send out a notification to all the user’s nominated emergency contacts, complete with GPS coordinates.

This level of separation between the app and emergency services, which lets a person's emergency contacts make the decision on whether the emergency services are required or not, prevents non-life-threatening impacts, such as dropping the helmet, from wasting the authorities’ time.

Not just for cyclists, the ICEdot Crash Sensor is aimed at snowboarders, skiers, mountain-bikers, or really anyone participating in risky activities that might take them off the beaten track.

The ICEdot Crash Sensor and accompanying app is expected to cost around US$200 when it is launched next year. The system also requires an annual subscription fee of $10 and is endorsed by the American Ambulance Association.

http://www.gizmag.com/icedot-crash-sensor/24160/pictures#1

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Utilizando tecnología que detecta los golpes bruscos similar a la que utilizan los Airbags de los automóviles, el sensor se comunica via Bluetooth con tu teléfono inteligente. A partir de ese momento se activa una cuenta regresiva de 30 segundos, en la cual suena una alarma para alertarnos que el dispositivo se activó. Una vez que la cuenta llega a su fin, envía de manera automática mensajes de texto a tus contactos previamente seleccionados al setear la aplicación. También, opcionalmente, alerta vía Facebook y Twitter

El mensaje incluye un enlace donde tus contactos podrán ver información detallada del accidente que has sufrido, incluyendo la hora, datos médicos importantes (por ejemplo tu grupo sanguíneo, a que familiares avisar sobre el accidente, y un mapa del lugar preciso gracias a los datos recogidos por el GPS del celular. De esta forma podrán acudir en tu ayuda rápidamente.

En caso de que se haya disparado por error, bastará con presionar la pantalla del celular en cualquier momento de los 30 segundos de cuenta regresiva, para abortarlo antes de que se envíen las alertas.Se prevé que el dispositivo estará a la venta entrado el 2013, a precio estimado de unos 200 dólares.

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