Blink: Touch-Sensitive Bike Lights Built Into Helmet

Blink and you might miss it: hard-to-see turn signals built into a bike helmet

The Blink Helmet may have won a prize at the 2010 Seoul Cycle Design Competition, but it still doesn?t impress me. At first, the helmet seems like a great idea: It integrates flashing turn signals into its sides, and has red and white lamps rear and front for safer nighttime riding.

But then we find out how it works. To signal, you reach up and touch the lamp, whereupon it starts to flash. Then, once you have completed your turn, you need to reach up again to switch it off. This, remember, takes the place of a traditional hand-signal which only requires you to remove your hand from the bar once.

And those side-mounted lights don?t look too visible from the front or the rear, which is where the people who need to see them will be.

I can?t help but think that the kind of person who would buy and use this lid is the same kind of person that already makes clear hand signals whilst in traffic. And if you say that hand signals are hard to see at night, then you should just go buy some reflective cuffs for your arms.

But never mind. The Blink concept still hasn?t moved beyond the stage of CG mockup, so there?s little danger of it making it into stores anytime soon.

Blink project page [Seoul Cycle Design Competition via Gajitz]

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Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/blink-touch-sensitive-bike-lights-built-into-helmet/

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Political Contributions by Contractors Targeted (WSJ)

The White House is drafting new rules that would require companies bidding on government contracts to disclose contributions to political candidates and organizations. Republicans charged the rules would inject politics into what should be an unbiased procurement process.
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Apple gets its white iPhone 4 ducks in a row ahead of launch

Look, we all kinda, sorta know that Apple will finally admit it's springtime tomorrow and let the white iPhone 4 fly the nest. But in order to sell white iPhone 4s, you've got to ship them first, and one small Belgian retailer has just received its first batch of the mythical pale device and lined them up for some loving photography. Not only that, but they're even offering to sell you either the 16GB or 32GB over on their site (which, mind you, we can't vouch for!), though they can only ship within the Benelux region. One more pic after the break.

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Pia Toscano Talks ?Dancing? Performance

Booted American Idol contestant Pia Toscano says she'll sing while Mark Ballas dances on ABC's Dancing With the Stars next week.

But she won't reveal much else.

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"I think that's what's going to happen," she tells Access Hollywood Live's Billy Bush and Kit Hoover. "I heard that the other night. [Mark] is going to dance - I believe with Karina [Smirnoff]."

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As for reports that she has inked a deal with with Idol mentor Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records, the singer says, "I actually haven't seen Jimmy at all since I left the show, so I'm looking forward to seeing him. Hopefully that's somewhere down the line. But we're just really focusing now on the tour."

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Toscano is also focusing her time on Ballas, with whom she has been romantically linked.

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"We both film at CBS so we would bump into each other, and you know, he's just a really sweet guy," she says. "He is a very nice guy."

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NBC to Air Sneak Peek of 'The Voice' Prior to 'Tonight Show'

NBC will be showing a sneak peek of its upcoming singing competition series, The Voice.

A 12-minute preview, featuring the four musician coaches (Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton) performing "Crazy," will air Thursday at 11:35-11:47 p.m. as a lead-in to The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.?

NBC will also be featuring two-minute clips as the four come together to perform on Saturday at 11:30 p.m. right before Saturday Night Live.

At NBCUniversal's summer press day on Friday, an extended preview -- showcasing the "Crazy" performance -- was shown to a roomful of reporters; the preview that will be broadcast will be similar in content.

The Voice, from Mark Burnett and hosted by Carson Daly, premieres Tuesday at 9 p.m.


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Simple and Practical Ideas For Home Decoration on a Budget ...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]If there are any woodworkers in your family, you can showcase homemade furniture throughout your home, which can save thousands of dollars. If you've ever wanted to take up such a craft as a serious hobby, why not start now? ...

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This Backpack Looks Through Walls [Recon]

Although the brick and concrete-penetrating Prism 200c can't see through clothes like the perv-preferred Midnight Shot NV-1, it's still pretty neat! The backpack-mounted scanner uses ultra-wideband radio waves to scan a room for baddies before they know you're there. More »


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McCain Bullish (TIME)

Sen. tells Candy Crowley "appropriate use" of air fighting, "adequate" training of opposition can bring Libya situation to a "successful conclusion." And on MTP: "The bloody situation has all the earmarks of being a stalemate."
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Paris Hilton Takes A Cheap Shot At Lindsay Lohan

Paris Hilton Takes A Cheap Shot At Lindsay Lohan

Paris Hilton dealt a low blow to her former pal Lindsay Lohan on the socialite’s new reality television show. Lindsay Lohan was recently given a [...]

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