3 new smart ideas that involve bicycles

Here are three examples I've stumbled across recently that demonstrate how bicycles seem to attract clever schemes.

It stands to reason -- the bicycle has been considered the best invention in the last 200 years.

The city of Pleasanton, California, is employing microwave technology to sense bicyclists approaching several intersections in the town.

The "intersector" -- a microwave motion and presence detector -- can identify bicycles in traffic. It either extends or triggers a traffic light if a bicyclist is detected.

Cyclists in Pleasanton like the technology because they're not tempted to squeeze a yellow light or run a red light at an intersection ....

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2011/8/2/4871329.html

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