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"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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GoPro's Smart Motorcycle Helmet Is Finally On Its Way, With a Big Name Onboard (www.rideapart.com)

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Action camera maker GoPro first indicated interest in public in smart helmet tech in 2024, when it bought Forcite. In 2025, it's moving forward on smart helmet development.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can't wait for this to cost a mint, have a mandatory smartphone app that spies on you and without which the helmet will have features intentionally crippled, and have a battery life of 12 minutes but that's okay because it overheats in 11. These sterling features are already found in the latest GoPro cameras, so I can't see why a helmet with one of the damn things built into it will be any different.

This will be a hard pass from anyone with a brain.